Don't forget you can also screenshot your friend's desktop and replace their background with it. Then Right click on the desktop and select hide icons. Now watch the world burn.
Properties > Select the box with the word 'Hidden' next to it > Apply > Apply Changes to this folder, subfolders and files. In system settings Show Hidden Files > Change Settings to show hidden and system files [Show Settings] > Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives. > Apply At least stops that from happening but not gonna stop someone who knows what their doing from finding a file if they needed to
Open desktop in folder manager, create folder, in properties tick "hidden", untick "hidden elements" in view in folder manager. *_Real invisible folder._*
Yep, knew this one. Have one folder with all tech stuff like Revo and other maintenance kinds of stuff and other bits and bobs. Nothing to be secretive about but cool to have at least one "secret" folder.
Oh yeah there is a huge list of things you can input with it that are non standard or just not present on a keyboard. Go look up a list of ASCII characters and have fun.
Win+R -> charmap it was built into every version of windows past & including 3.11, handy for showing what number is maped with alt or U-#### for any select able font installed on system :)
I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't use the desktop. I just have a recycle bin on there lol. Everything I need, I have icons on the taskbar for, and a start menu group
On Windows 11, it will show a thin white outline where the icon is, so regardless which of the 4 blank icons you choose, the outline will always be shown, so it can't be really hidden, unless there's a relevant desktop background at that spot.
There's a better trick that I used to do with my school's computers :) Take a screenshot of the entire desktop and put it as the desktop's wallpaper, then move the desktop icons somewhere else, and watch them trying to click them with no avail :)
The alt+0160 command is only used to insert a non-breaking space in the folder title , not to create or set the invisible folder, which will still be visible by using the Windows+E command, or use the tree cmd.
I think there's also a trick that hides your folder and it doesn't make it invisible. I mean when someone randomly clicks that they can view the file. Unlike if u seriously want don't want anyone to find it, hiding it is much better.
I know in Linux you can use a dot to hide it, e.g., a folder named ".hidden folder". not sure that works in Windows. also, under properties there's clearly a tickbox labeled "hidden".
@@lily_littleangel Right click folder, select properties, toggle on the hidden option in windows, beware though, if someone has the show hidden files option turned on, they will be able to see the folder
Easier way create a new folder (or rename) leave the label empty the go to it's properties find the encryption options and choose the hide this folder.
@@bonbonpony there's an estimated 7,100 languages on Earth, yet I don't think any can sufficiently convey how disappointed I am in you for making that pun. May God have mercy on your soul
I ve used it this trick in 2007, then i had put calendar gadget in front of the folder, to make sure that even if someone tried to select with CTRL + A, only the "revealed" folders would be showed
@Itsyaboimigsy yes until someone wants you to open it so they see that. I mean it's really not a problem just keep pc locked and be serious about not anyone touching it.
@@ursusgameing5433 Sounds like you need to start using your own personal programs and files running on your custom bootable operating system...or just programs that are installed and run strictly From your thumb drive. Like installing portable versions of Firefox or Chrome browser so you have all your bookmarks and passwords etc and you can run it on anyone's PC without having to worry about deleting cookies and browser history or leaving any Trace of your personal business on a work PC or a public PC. Or just use WinRAR and right click any file or folder full of private files and right click, zip file, password protected, and you can then keep those things in a password protected zip file.
haha, I have one of those.. idfk why but it's on my desk and it ended up under my pc and when I took the pc off the desk to clean it or some shit it almost scared me lol like whoa tf big ass bug lol.. oh wait that's fake.. lol
You know what one of the first things I do when I go on a new computer? I select the entire desktop to see if there are hidden programs, such as keyloggers, then I check task manager to see if there is a running keylogger, then I check the program folders for hidden keyloggers. Nothing is hidden on a Windows computer, even if it is invisible. What they really need to hide something on Windows is a key combo you have to hit in order to even select the hidden folder or file, preferably a "customizable for each file and folder" key combo.
We were doing that back in the DOS days to make a folder that you couldn't see that there was a space at the end and you couldn't access it unless you knew the trick.
to keep maximum security, open the folder properties, and check the "Hidden" box to hide it from windows descendant search [hit windows key and type the name of a file or folder]. if you haven't checked the "Hidden items" box under the View tab in file explorer, this will hide the folder even further, though you might want to remember its location or keep the folder on your desktop [for a hidden clickable shortcut].
The boredom mouse drags you do on the family computer suddenly makes things appear and you start seeing hidden folders with the family secrets you never knew...
protip: use hidden volume creation tools like veracrypt for your homework folders. It's basically an encrypted file that you have to have the password and application to in order to open the folder within. Even if you're hacked and they steal or copy folders, they can't open what's inside, making it perfect for important data management like passwords.
Fun fact: if you select the option "Hidden", even using the cmd "dir" command will not show the folder. And, your folder will only be accessible if you literally write its path manually.
Invisible but openable. Back in Windows 98 I was able to create the opposite by using the command prompt to rename a folder to anything containing an alt-255 character. It would display in Explorer and on the desktop as an _ character, but it was impossible to open the folder without first renaming it back. Today you can do a similar thing by naming it prn, con, aux, nul...
Lol I used to just go to my Morrowind folder and create a folder inside of it, and I’d name it “Assets” and I had all my dirty stuff in it, renamed the files dark elf this and high elf that dunmer artifacts etc, so if he ran a search for naughty words they wouldn’t pop up and my old man never knew. And since I modded morrowind so much there was so much stuff on the pc for morrowind he never would have checked for it.
@@alxds This is genius, would never of thought to hide it like this back then. 😂 Thought an invisible folder was enough, best friend ended up being the "imma drag your cursor across the screen" type.
this is like in school when we used to make a new folder, screen print, delete the folder and set the screen print as the background on the teachers computer, creating a folder that doesn't exist but always there
I didn't know the unicode for a "blank" character (I know where to go to find it if I ever need to use it) but I did know it's possible to make a folder name blank and I knew that you can make the icon for a folder be invisible. I never thought of using both together since I've never had the need for a desktop folder that you can't see.
