Saturday, October 29, 2016

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

         Creating hidden folder in Windows run computer can help in maintaining confidentiality for the files we stored in these invincible folders. Creating secret hidden folders in Windows can reduce the threat of unknown persons peeping in the important files. Most of the Window users are aware of this simple technique that keeps files secret by storing in these hidden folders of the Windows run computers.

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How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

       It may be office, home or public the users to the single computers have become more. Hiding personal or confidential information is the night mare. Thanks to the folder lock software that helps in maintaining secrecy to some extent. But these to be effective folder lock always rely on the creation of strong password to it. By creating a hidden folder or an invincible folder or a secret can maintain confidentiality to the files stored in them.

Step to create a hidden/invisible folder in Windows

Step1: Create a new folder by right-clicking on the mouse and selecting the new folder.

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How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step2: Now edit the name of the folder by right-clicking on the folder and select option rename.

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step3: Now press Fn + ALT tab and at the same time type 255 on the Numpad on your keyboard and release the Fn and ALT tab. Now finally, you have a folder without any name.

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step4: Now Right-click on the folder, select Properties and press on Customize tab.

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step5: Click on the Change Icon option. A dialog box with a number of Icons will be opened. Select blank spaces in between the Icons. These blank spaces are invisible Icons, select the blank space and press OK.

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step6: Now click on the Apply button and finally on the OK button.

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step7: Now you can clearly find that the folder has disappeared. Now the folder is hidden and invincible. All the important, secret and confidential files can be stored in the invincible folder so that other people can never see them.

How To Create Hidden Folder In Windows?

Step8: If you want, you can make the folder visible again by properties > customize > Change Icon > Choose Folder.


Follow these steps to make any folder invisible or hidden for storing important or confidential files. 

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