Update: This is not a secure hack. It is designed to hide your files from some one who is browsing through files, not your system admin, not your computer hacker friends. Think of it like hiding your money under the mattress, if some one really wants to find it they will, but if they are not looking for it they wont find it. It’s a fun trick and it works best on your desktop (just remember where you placed it)
You ever have a folder on your computer that you really dont want any one to find? You can make this folder hidden but then you have to un-hide all the folders when ever you want to find it. So how can you make a folder truly invisible? Follow these simple steps and your unmentionables will stay that way.
1. Right click where ever you want the invisible folder to be and select create a new folder.
2. Right Click on the folder and hit rename. Erase the name of the folder so there is nothing there.
3. If you try to stop here windows will tell you that you need to provide a name. So to get around this… with the name field still active hold down ALT and press 0160 on the number pad (make sure Num Lock is on), release alt
You should now have a blank name with nothing but a folder next to it
4. Now click on the nameless folder and right click. Select Properties.
5. Go to the Customize tab.
6. Find and press the Change Icon button. Scroll through the icons until you find one that has no image.
4. Hit OK and you have an invisible folder!
With the invisible folder you can hide what ever undesirables you have. Be it video games at work, pictures of your family or anything else you can think of “wink”.
The folder will show up for a brief second if you put it on your desktop. For that reason it might be smart to place it inside a folder or amongst a group of folders.
Happy Hiding!
Sweet! This is the perfect place for my stash!
Fails if your view style is details.
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A police officer pulls over this guy who had been weaving in and out of the lanes. He goes up to the guy’s window and says, “Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyzer tube.”
The man says, “Sorry officer, I can’t do that. I am an asthmatic. If I do that I’ll have a really bad asthma attack.”
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“I can’t do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I’ll bleed to death.”
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“I can’t do that, officer.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’m too drunk to do that!”
Happy April Fool’s Day!
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excellent. it will help me a lot…… thank you…………….
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Try this also…
if we create the folder and rename as nameless folder— (Alt + 255)…. and then customize the icon of that folder as invisible……
This too be really great ….
ho we will take it back?
Actually the logic behind this is Microsoft will not let u make a folder name a space.But we can do this by entering the ASCII code of the space that is 255.
it didnt work…. gay… now how am i gonna hide my pics
wierd cant DELETE IT
im a computer noob so 
mind giving me help?
HOW TO DO THIS ON ANY OPERATING SYSTEM AND ON LAPTOPS/NETBOOKS: The only reason this works is if you use a number pad (that thing with numbers to the right of your keyboard xD) If you’re using a laptop or netbook (I did this on my netbook), you can’t do this because you don’t have a number pad, right? WRONG. DO THIS: start > all programs > accessories > accessibility > On-Screen Keyboard. Make sure you select Nmlk (number lock) on the number pad. click the alt button, type 0160, and click alt again to release the key. Follow the icon instructions and you can combine it with the hidden attribute if you want. THERE YOU GO EVERYONE
If this comment helped you, send me an email at: r.chillax@gmail.com THANKS 
One last thing, another way to get an invisible folder on your computer is to copy it from another computer (put it on a flash drive or something).
if u forget where u kept ur folder then press f5 continusly ……….keep ur eye on the dekstop……..ur folder will blink
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I think, its not deletes because its automaticlly turns “Read-only”
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HELP! I don’t know if it’s my computer or what, anyway, when I right clicked on the icon after I typed in “0160″ with ALT, I couldn’t find generals or properties.
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pls tell me how to recover the data as i don’t find that hidden folder.plsssss
hey now pls tell me how to recover that data as don’t find that folder and there was some important files
so pls tell me soon
thnx….
this doesnt work if you dont have a laptop -__- no num lock
I dont have a numpad:(
so how do i name it nothing without the numpad?
Dear Sir
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I went to properties and on the topic General i went to Hidden and it dissappeard now i cant make another to replace it or find where it was hidden it is not where i had it on my desktop its like it deleted but the name still exists keeping me from making a new one plus if i replace the old one that new one disappears to
yaa..this method is quite common…..
Is there any other method not by Hiding(by attrib +s +h) or by Alt+0160 or such kind ?
Except on windows home 7, even if you follow this your mouse outlines it and has a mousetag for it. So if your hiding something and someone scrolls over an invisible file it’s going to be pretty suspicious.
thank you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but Fails if your view style is details.
thank you…………………
yes this hides the icon but the folder details are still there ie date and time so u can still see where it was but at a glance it would fool a novice
dosent work on windows 7 starter
So im using an alienware, used on screen keyboard for num lock, then went to the naming, held alt down, typed the code, but no numbers showed up. let go of alt, wouldnt rename it. Help?
THANKS I HAVE DONE IT NOW I AM VERY HAPPY I CAN CREATE A INVISIBLE FOLDER
THANKS I HAVE DONE IT NOW I AM VERY HAPPY I CAN CREATE A INVISIBLE FOLDER FFTTT
nice post
defo helped me 