Make your folders totally 'invisible'

Posted by Karan Israni On January 25, 2010 22 COMMENTS

Make your folders totally invisible in a few simple steps.

Right Click on the desktop. Make a new folder
Now rename the folder with a space (you have to hold ALT key and type 0160)
Now you have a folder without a name
Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon
Scroll a bit, you should find some empty spaces. Click on any one of them. Click ok

Thats it. Now you can store your personal data without any 3rd party tools.

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Akshay
this isnt working on my laptop....
i have Windows Vista...
can u plz explain the renaming part in detail??
Akshay
this isnt working on my laptop....
i have Windows Vista...
can u plz explain the renaming part in detail??
Akshay Lakhi
Fatte article Karan!
tooo good!
@Akshay : In which part do u hav a problem? It is very simple procedure.Jus follow d steps.
Akshay Lakhi
Fatte article Karan!
tooo good!
@Akshay : In which part do u hav a problem? It is very simple procedure.Jus follow d steps.
Akshay
in the renaming part...i didnt understand d part in which u hold Alt n type 0160.
Akshay
in the renaming part...i didnt understand d part in which u hold Alt n type 0160.
Karan
Hold the ALT key & type in 0160.
This will give u a blank space (which you'll get even when you hit spacebar on your keyboard but problem here is you are not allowed to just hit spacebar & hit enter. It'll say invalid name or may not save at all)
So that's why, just hold ALT & type 0160 and you'll get a space. Just press enter & your folder will get saved with that name.
Please reply if could get it or have any more problems.
Always ready to help
Karan
Hold the ALT key & type in 0160.
This will give u a blank space (which you'll get even when you hit spacebar on your keyboard but problem here is you are not allowed to just hit spacebar & hit enter. It'll say invalid name or may not save at all)
So that's why, just hold ALT & type 0160 and you'll get a space. Just press enter & your folder will get saved with that name.
Please reply if could get it or have any more problems.
Always ready to help
Akshay
No
its not working...
when i hold Alt and type it doesnt give me a space.i tried both the Alt keys...

http://www.firstain.com admin
how come? works fine here...
will try and look into it and tell u y it aint working for ya
in the mean time enjoy firstain
-karan

Akshay
No
its not working...
when i hold Alt and type it doesnt give me a space.i tried both the Alt keys...

http://www.firstain.com admin
how come? works fine here...
will try and look into it and tell u y it aint working for ya
in the mean time enjoy firstain
-karan

Akshay
ok...thanks

Karan Israni
Hmmm... Have another alternative for you...
Go to Start >> Run >> type CHARMAP over there and press enter
This will open the Character Map. Scroll down a little more than 3/4 of the map, just above the Arabic alphabets. There you will find a line which has many dots (.)
Click on any one of them. In the bottom right click SELECT then COPY.
Then return to your desktop. Create new folder & for naming the folder dont write anything but instead paste what you had copied from CharMap. Then change icon as mentioned in original post on this topic.
Hope now you can get this trick working for you. Please do reply about your success with it. We'll be happy to hear about it.
At Firstain, we are always willing to satisfy our readers
Regards,
- Karan
Note: Simply pressing dot (.) from your keyboard when naming a folder will not help as it will ask for a valid file name. You can try & see it for yourself.

Akshay
ok...thanks

Karan Israni
Hmmm... Have another alternative for you...
Go to Start >> Run >> type CHARMAP over there and press enter
This will open the Character Map. Scroll down a little more than 3/4 of the map, just above the Arabic alphabets. There you will find a line which has many dots (.)
Click on any one of them. In the bottom right click SELECT then COPY.
Then return to your desktop. Create new folder & for naming the folder dont write anything but instead paste what you had copied from CharMap. Then change icon as mentioned in original post on this topic.
Hope now you can get this trick working for you. Please do reply about your success with it. We'll be happy to hear about it.
At Firstain, we are always willing to satisfy our readers
Regards,
- Karan
Note: Simply pressing dot (.) from your keyboard when naming a folder will not help as it will ask for a valid file name. You can try & see it for yourself.