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How To Create An Invisible Folder
As the title states this is how to make an invisible, not hidden, folder within Windows, this works for all versions as far as im aware so lets get started,
NOTE TO VISTA USERS: There is a bug within Vista that doesnt allow you to delete the folder once you've made it, to get rid of the folder you MUST add it to either a zip or a RAR folder and then delete it
First off what you need to do is actually create a folder, for thoes of you who do not know how to do this, right click on your desktop, highlight new and click folder rename your folder to anything you like for the moment.
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Your screen now should look something like mine,
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Now what you want to do is put all the files and folders you wish to hide into this folder as these next steps will make your folder invisible.
To make the name invisible you want to put a space in, but you may of noticed that you cannot just enter a " " so what we will do is use the symbol for space, to do this we must type in the following, you must hold the Alt key and push 0160 then let go of alt, once you have let go left click back onto your desktop and as you can see your folder name is blank, now to make the folder icon disapear we need to right click the folder and select properties.
once the box below has opened up select the customise tab and at the bottom select change icon.
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when a further box pops up scroll right untill you see the image thats highlighted in the screen shot below
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click it and push ok, then click apply on the previous box and boom, you should now have an empty space where your folder was,
if the icon is still visible push F5 on your desktop and it should disappear, now remember where you put that folder personally i leave my folder in the middle on the right hand side of my screen because its rare that people click there, now in the unfortunate event that you forget where you left that folder push Ctrl+A on your desktop and it will highlight all the files and folders on your desktop, including your invisible one.
And thats how you create an invisible folder using Windows :)
NOTE:
This isnt limited to just your desktop you can use it anywhere on your computer just follow the same steps as above and it will work fine :)
EDIT: there seems to be a few people who are saying that this is flawed since if you click and drag a box over the area you can find it, im not claiming this is the perfect way to hide or secure your files and folders its just a little trick that you can do within windows and its as i said in the title its invisible not hidden
