Thursday May 22 2008
Posted By: Yes, it’s possible to create an invisible folder on your computer and as you can’t see the folder, if you don’t know where it is, you can’t access it!
Some people might know this, and some people don’t, anyway a great tip if you want to hide some files from your boss or your girlfriend. 
Making an invisible folder is very easy:
1. Right click any where you want the invisible folder to be, go to New, then click on Folder.
2. Now you have to give the folder the following name: (make sure your numlock is on) hold Alt and press 0160 or ALT and press 255. Now release ALT. This should make a character that looks like a space, but it isn’t.
3. Now right click the folder you just made and go to properties. Then go to the Customize tab -> Change Icon button. Scroll through the icons until you find one that has no image. See the image below:
4. Hit OK twice and you have an invisible folder!
Now you can put anything you want in the folder.
If you can’t find it, just select the entire folder/desktop and there will be a little blue rectangle below the invisible folder.
You can also access the folder by entering the path of the invisible folder in the address bar! 
NOTE: If you put it on your desktop it might show the folder for a second or two upon start up. For this reason I recommend putting it inside another folder. 
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Category: Tips & Tricks: PC | 
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Nice! But could you also tell me how to remove this directory? (delete it on the normal way isn’t possible..)
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Cool – thanks
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2 DaKeY: You can always try to rename the directory and them try to delete it. I’ve no trouble deleting it actually..
2 Nicole: No problem!
Your welcome!
2 DaKeY: If renaming the directory doesn’t work, you can restart your pc and try to delete it again or use this freeware application called Unlocker!
Unlocker has removed it thanks (I wasn’t allowed to rename or delete the directory..) thanks anyway!
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That’s a nice trick
Never seen that one before. It might come out handy ahahah
Cheers!
I don’t know yet if i would need this someday. But will save this for my future reference. Great post!
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2 DaKeY: I guess that the directory was in use by some other program/user. But glad that you could delete it!
2 Mike: Welcom Mike!
It might come in handy indeed!
2 Dunn: Hello Dunn!
Cool, just bookmark/share it whit everyone! 
Sneaky!
Reminds me of that hiding of text document in a jpg file trick. Ooh, how about a hidden text file inside a jpeg file that is completely hidden, or does this only work for folders?
I’m getting paranoid now
Hello Jonny,
This only works for folders as fas as I know. But I know about the jpg tricks too!
A great idea for a next post! 