39 Responses for "How to make an invisible folder for hiding Stuff."

1. fayaz August 26th, 2007 at 7:31 am 1

   it works on vista too. but how to delete it.

2. bish February 24th, 2008 at 1:07 pm 2

   Delete it the same way you would normally delete a folder, all you have done is give it a plain white icon.

3. thor February 24th, 2008 at 2:06 pm 3

   to delete it on vista I had to run cmd as admin, then do a dir /x to get the shortened identifier for the no name folder, then rename it to something, then I could delete it as you would a normal folder

4. xam February 24th, 2008 at 8:54 pm 4

   doesn’t work, won’t let me name it alt0160

5. Tyler February 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pm 5

   Another way to delete is, if you have winrar just add it to an archive and then when it asking what you want to do, there is a delete option.

6. Zapper February 24th, 2008 at 9:00 pm 6

   I just used Unlocker to remove it on Vista.

7. Metalwarrior February 24th, 2008 at 9:08 pm 7

   Xam, you don’t have to rename it to alt 0160 ,you have to press alt, and then right 0160.
   Gd luck.
   If you have any question, ask me.

8. Pauly February 24th, 2008 at 9:23 pm 8

   ok, i have an unnamed invisible folder. how do i open it???

9. Oliver February 24th, 2008 at 9:25 pm 9

   Just store your damn porn on a usb drive… Jesus…

10. Metalwarrior February 24th, 2008 at 9:29 pm 10

    @Pauly: you just press on it. On the invisble folder.

    @Oliver: Some people have 100gigabytes of porn lol. to store it on a usb it’s a bit hard. Especially if you don’t want to pay for a 100 gig external hard drive

11. SyberStrike February 24th, 2008 at 10:03 pm 11

    Cool! thanks for sharing!

12. anonymous February 24th, 2008 at 10:07 pm 12

    Doesent work on laptops i guess, as they don’t have the numbers on the right, only the above.

13. Anonymous February 24th, 2008 at 10:27 pm 13

    Please reconsider your apparent objective–to teach porn, and probably child porn addicts, how to hide their dirt.

14. Metalwarrior February 24th, 2008 at 10:52 pm 14

    Everyone is free to do what they want, so if someone wants to hide their dirt, let them.

15. Carl February 24th, 2008 at 11:07 pm 15

    It will work on a Laptop as well. Hit the “NumLock” key (Sometimes just “Num”) and use the letters/symbols of the right side of the keyboard that have numbers written on them as well. Most laptop keyboards have this.

16. Anonymous February 24th, 2008 at 11:25 pm 16

    This is hilarious. Anyone looking at the desktop folder in tree mode in the windows explorer would see a blank named folder. I install internet on half a dozen computers a day and to someone who knows about computers, things like that stick out like a flashing icon.

    Hidden is a property you can mark on the folder, then set windows to hide folders. Memorize your file location, then just type it in the address bar. Hide your shit in a programs file directory. Put it in an archive and put a password on it. Admit you look at porn just like many other people.

17. smurf February 24th, 2008 at 11:32 pm 17

    theres a couple other ways for that to work as well

18. Anonymous February 24th, 2008 at 11:55 pm 18

    “Please reconsider your apparent objective–to teach porn, and probably child porn addicts, how to hide their dirt.”

    You’re the only one here who seems to be able to see a connection between privacy and child pornography. Do you lock your doors at night because your house is full of kiddie porn?

19. Anonymous February 24th, 2008 at 11:56 pm 19

    Crude but effective. If you really want to protect something. . .

    1. Download the free programs 7zip (free version of winzip) and Androsa FileProtector

    2. Use 7zip to add “files” to archive and set the security level to whatever you want. Can be VERY secure. You can also scramble the file name/extension.

    3. Use Androsa FileProtector to further encrypt that file using a very long password. (about 24 characters) It will tell you how strong your password is while typing it in.

    4. place it in a “invisible folder” as described above

    5. right click on “invisible folder” click properties, and select “hidden”

    Restults: hiddin, invisible, scrambled name/extention, and double or tripple password protected. Try those shoes on for size!!!

20. Ryan Pierce February 25th, 2008 at 12:26 am 20

    Can anyone give me a step-by-step on how to delete this folder?

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22. Metalwarrior February 25th, 2008 at 12:40 am 22

    Ryan Pierce, just select the folder and delete it lol

23. Ryan Pierce February 25th, 2008 at 5:53 am 23

    Ha, good one. I tried that and it didn’t work.

24. Metalwarrior February 25th, 2008 at 6:44 am 24

    Yes it does work Ryan. Just make sure you selected the folder, it’s a bit hard since you can’t see what you selected

25. Ryan Pierce February 25th, 2008 at 6:46 am 25

    I know how to delete a folder. This one isn’t not working.

26. Anonymous February 25th, 2008 at 7:59 am 26

    to delete in xp: left click on invisible folder, then right click and click on delete

    not sure if it works for vista, but probably

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28. Dr. Browne February 28th, 2008 at 5:35 am 28

    Ryan Pierce,
    Two very effective ways to get rid of it.
    1. Put a big ass magnet to the side of your hard drive.
    2. Turn off your monitor!

29. Pulkit February 28th, 2008 at 8:56 pm 29

    i have doen that thing yes it works bt , when i saved some ideos and pics in it the the folder becomes visible … so i wana knw hw wil it get invisible ?

30. Metalwarrior February 28th, 2008 at 9:02 pm 30

    Hmmm, well it shouldn’t happen. Maybe when changing the icon you didn’t click on apply.
    Try it out and tell me if it works.
    If not, please upload a screenshot, and I will help you out.
    Thank You.

31. Daniel February 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am 31

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article o make an invisible folder for hiding Stuff., but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

32. Nick March 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm 32

    I have a vista laptop and i’m well aware of how to delete a folder. this one is not permitting me to do so. how do i get rid of it?

33. Metalwarrior March 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm 33

    hmm, I have windows XP so I don’t really know how.
    But try doing the opposite of what you did to make it invisible. And then delete it.
    It should work.

34. Nick March 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm 34

    TO DELETE:

    in the start menu prompt, type
    in the CMD window, type
    in the CMD window, type

    NOTE: do not type the
    NOTE: ” ” is not a space, its “alt+0160″ the “” are INCLUDED.

35. Nick March 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm 35

    Now you can delete it since it has a name.

36. aman khan March 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pm 36

    thanx buddy great work….thank u very much

37. Anonymous March 7th, 2008 at 4:09 am 37

    This technique has been around for ages people. Also there are much more effective ways of keeping the folder hidden than just making it not appear in windows explorer.

38. kevin reilly March 20th, 2008 at 4:19 am 38

    yeah got that done, but i can’t press alt 0160, or the num lock key as there is none on my toshiba laptop, so i just named it a full stop ”.” now i can store all my porn there,
    i’m not ashamed of it either

39. zorro June 20th, 2008 at 4:02 am 39

    amazing does work!! for all those not know Alt+0160
    press Alt+(+ from Num.Lock)0160 its cool thnx for sharing