Working with personal computer We sometimes need to hide information, files or folders from prying eyes. To do this, many people hide the necessary folders somewhere in system folders so that it would be difficult to get to them, but there are many easier ways hide your documents so that they can be easily accessed and at the same time no one can see them. And in this article I will teach you how to hide and make invisible folders 3 different ways.
Method number 1 transparent folder
The first method is called "Transparent Folder". As you may have guessed from the name, you will not hide the folder. You will make it absolutely transparent and thereby hide it from prying eyes. And now I will tell you in detail how to do this:
- Select a folder on the desktop that you want to hide from prying eyes. I will hide a folder called "New Folder".
- Click right click mouse on the selected folder.
- Point the mouse at the “Rename” item and click on it with the left mouse button.
- Our folder name will then become highlighted.
- Erase the old folder name. To do this, press the “Backspace” button located on the keyboard.
- Next, we need to press the “Alt” key and, without releasing “Alt,” type the combination of numbers 0160.
- Click on the “Enter” button and your folder now has an invisible name.
- We need to follow the invisible folder name. I described above step by step how to do this, if you haven’t read the guide then follow all the steps so that the name is missing.
- Then you need to right-click on the folder that you want to make invisible.
- Select the properties item and left-click.
- The folder properties will open in front of you. You need to open the "Settings" tab.
- Next, select the item Change icon.
- A window will pop up in front of you in which there will be a large number of different icons. You need to find transparent ones among these icons. They are noticeable due to the empty space between other icons.
- Select the transparent folder and click on “OK”.
- Now you can see that your folder has become transparent. Click on the “Apply” button to confirm your selection appearance folders.
- Click on “OK” and you will see that your folder has become completely transparent and to see it you need to hover over the place where it is located with the mouse cursor.
- If our description was not clear to you, use the video instructions.
Method number 2 hidden folder
The second method is called “Hidden Folder”. In order to hide a folder you will need much less time, and the result will be much better. After all, the folder will be completely hidden and will be noticeable only by the number of folders and the space occupied on the hard drive. Let's take a closer look at this method:
Method number 3 invisible folder
The third method is the most effective. This method makes the folder invisible rather than hidden. By using this method You can hide your folder so that no one can find it unless they know where your folder is saved and what it is called. So let's look at the step-by-step creation of a hidden folder using the command line:
- We create a folder that we will need to hide. I created it in local disk“C” and called it “hidden folder”.
- Next, press the key combination “Win + R” - this combination will bring up the “Run” line.
- In the “Run” line you must enter the command “cmd” - this command will launch a command line with which you will hide your folder.
- Then you need to command line enter the following command “attrib +s +h “C:\hidden folder”
“C:\hidden folder” is the path where the folder that needs to be made invisible is saved. You may have a different address and folder name. But the command “attrib +s +h” should not be changed, this command hides your folder. - After entering the command, your folder will become hidden, and even if you use the folders property and make all folders visible this folder will remain hidden.
As the truth says, repeatedly verified by numerous everyday experiences, if you want to hide something, then put it in the most visible place. How can it be applied to computers? Very simple. If you have some files or documents that you need to make unavailable for viewing by other users on this computer, then create a folder on its desktop, make it invisible and enjoy the result. This, of course, is not an ideal way to hide personal information, but in most cases it is very effective.
How to create an invisible folder on your desktop
If it has not “disappeared” from the desktop, this means that the standard rule for displaying hidden folders on your computer has been changed. To restore the default value, follow these steps.
- At any open folder In the upper left corner, click the “Arrange” button and in the menu that opens, select “Folder and Search Options.”
- In the window that appears titled “Folder Options,” go to the “View” tab.
- Click the “Restore Defaults” button, click the “Apply” button to save the changes and “OK” to close the window.
To open a folder on your desktop that you have made invisible and add some files to it, view or edit those already in Windows Vista and Windows 7, click the “Start” button and enter in the search bar located above this button:
c:\Users\[username]\Desktop\[hidden folder name]
In Windows XP, the folder path will look like this:
c:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Desktop\[hidden folder name]
There is another way to create an invisible folder
As a result, the folder will become completely invisible. You can find out about its presence only by selecting an adjacent area of the screen with the mouse.
The hidden folder created in this way is best placed not on the desktop, where it can be discovered by random selection, but in some rarely visited directory on the disk.
Welcome friends to my website. I can safely say that every computer user had to hide files or make a folder invisible. In this article I will tell you how to make an invisible folder on your desktop Windows desktop or on hard drive partitions.
Many of you will think that now we will talk about some kind of specific program. No, friends, we will not be talking about any program. Yes, of course, I agree with you, there are a huge number of programs on the World Wide Web for hiding files and folders. But in this method There are some downsides, and they are quite significant.
As I told in previous articles what to use various programs provision part random access memory you give to this program i.e. These programs load RAM which causes the computer to slow down. So I will talk about the built-in windows function,
which does not require installations or RAM. The invisible folder is our anonymous friend. When there are important files on the computer,
which should be hidden from prying eyes, some measures have to be taken. In this situation, the invisible folder function is just right.
I will tell you about 3 effective and simplest ways to make a folder invisible.
Method number 1. This process the same for all 3 methods, the essence is the creation standard folder. Go to the desired section or right-click on the desktop, go to “create”, select “folder”, write the name and click “ok”.
Now go to “start” - “all programs” - “standard” - “run”, or perform these actions by pressing two keys win + R. Next, enter the following values in the window that opens
attrib +h +r +s “C:your folder name”
Click ok, if you did everything correctly, the folder we created will become invisible to the naked and armed eyes.
If you check the “show hidden files and folders” section in the folder options, the folder we created will still not be visible. This method has an advantage over methods 2 and 3 in that it works on almost all operating systems.
Method number 2. In this method, I will hide the folder in parts. First we make the name invisible, then the label itself is invisible.
To hide the folder name, hover the mouse cursor over the folder, right-click and select “rename”. Next, press alt while holding down enter the numbers 255, release alt and press enter.
After such manipulations, the folder name will become invisible. Next, we need the folder shortcut itself to be invisible too.
To do this, hover the mouse cursor over the folder, right-click, and go to properties. When the windows open, go to the settings section and click on the change icon button.
In the list of shortcuts, select an empty shortcut, i.e. an invisible shortcut, and click “ok”.
Method number 3. This method is similar to method number 2. Create a folder, hold down alt, enter the numbers 0160, release the alt key and press enter.
As in the second method, the folder name will become invisible and all that remains is to change the shortcut to invisible.
How to make an invisible folder visible and how to delete an invisible folder
In order for the folder that we made invisible to become visible, we need to perform all the actions that we performed when opening the folder. To do this, go to “start” - “all programs” - “standard” - “run”; in the windows that open, enter the command
attrib -h -r -s"C:your folder name"
in this case, instead of a plus, a minus is used, which is a process that makes an invisible folder visible. If, in some necessary cases, you need to delete an invisible folder, you can use the program total commander or unlocker. These programs will be needed if you changed some attributes when creating the folder.
You will ask why? In my practice and to this day, I use these methods because I have to hide certain files from unwanted eyes or just to keep your desktop tidy.
There was a case where I created a folder on the desktop and made it invisible as stated above. Moved all the files I used for a specific job there.
And on my desktop, when performing certain tasks, there are temporary files, some of which I delete after completing the work.
And then one day I selected all the files on the desktop, including an invisible folder, which I did not notice when selecting and deleted them along with the files.
To avoid such cases, always do backup copy important files.
This is all friends, the process of how to make an invisible folder is over, I hope the information was useful. If you have any questions, write in the comments. Bye!
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There are many reasons why we may need to hide this or that folder on our computer from prying eyes.
One of them is whether family members or co-workers have access to our PC if the computer is working.
Also, information in hidden folders may be confidential or personal. Or these are adult files that are undesirable for children who occupy your computer from time to time to watch.
Making a folder invisible
So, we follow the step-by-step instructions:
Stage I. Create a new folder on the desktop
Right-click on an empty field of the desktop and select “Create” in the menu that opens, then “Folder”.
In order to create new folder, right-click and select the desired function
Stage II. Assign an invisible icon to the folder
In order to continue the process of hiding a folder, you need to change its icon. To do this we do the following:
We move the cursor over the newly created folder;
Right-click and select the “Properties” option in the menu that opens (at the very bottom);
Right-click on the new folder and select the "Properties" option
A dialog box appears in front of us in which we select the “Settings” function;
At the bottom we see the “Change icon” button, which we activate;
A window appears in front of us with a large number of proposed icons, among which we select a transparent icon - approximately in the middle of the menu, it is invisible to the eye, so to activate it we move the cursor over a free field, as shown in the photo;
A folder with an invisible shortcut and visible name appears on the desktop
Stage III. Hiding the folder name
So, on our desktop there is an invisible folder with a readable name. To hide it also do the following:
press the “ALT” key and, holding it, enter the next combination of numbers “0160”, then “Enter”.
We see our folder completely disappear from view.
Note: For everything to work out, it is important to dial the numbers “0160” exclusively with numeric keypad computer (located on the right), and not from the numbers that are at the top of the keyboard.
But, if after performing all the manipulations, the folder name could not be hidden, try experimenting with the set of entered numbers and held keys, as follows:
after hovering the cursor over the name of the folder and selecting the “Rename” function, press simultaneously the two keys “Alt” and “Fn”, and then, while holding them down, type the numbers “0160”, after which “Enter”, and our folder has completely become invisible .
You can also try the numbers “255” instead of dialing “0160”.
Alternative way to hide folders
There is another way to make a folder or file invisible to the eye. It is based on the use of built-in functions of the Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems.
So, let's proceed point by point:
Right-click on the desired folder(file) and stop the cursor on the “Properties” function.
A functional menu opens in front of us and on the first tab “General”, at the very bottom we see “Attributes” - put a check mark on “Hidden”.
In the attributes, select the "Hidden" option
In "Search" we find "Folder Options" and select the "View" tab
In the “View” section, select the “Do not show hidden files, folders and drives” option, then “Apply” and “Ok”. After which we see how our folder has completely disappeared from the desktop, that is, it has become invisible.
Select the option "Do not show hidden files, folders and drives"
It should be noted that using the above methods, by analogy, you can hide folders, files, pictures, music not only on the computer, but also on the disk and flash card.
Opening hidden folders and files
After we have looked at all the ways to make folders and files invisible in operating system Windows, the question may arise - how to open them, view them, find them, and so on.
This is not difficult to do, if only because you can follow the steps of hiding a folder that we studied above, but now in reverse order.
For example, to find our hidden files and folders, go to the “View” section again and change our checkbox to the “Show hidden files, folders and drives” function, then “Apply” and “Ok”.
To open our hidden folders and files, select the option "Show hidden files, folders and drives"
Then, by pressing and holding the left mouse button, select part of the desktop field, as shown in the photo.
We will immediately see our hidden folders.
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