how to make invisible folders

[Ramakrishnan]

first create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive
when you name it hold down "Alt" and press "0160" this will create an invisible space so it will apper as if it has no name.Then right click and select "Properties". Select the tab "coustimize" and select "change icon". Scroll along and you should see a few blank spaces. Click on any one and click ok.

[paul_007]

amazing , thnx 4 sharing

[rakeshishere]

awesome dude...Can i know the source

[Ramakrishnan]

Originally Posted by rakeshishere

awesome dude...Can i know the source

There is no exact source for this one, though I am not the discoverer. I came across this when I was browsing a forum the name of which I couldn't recollect. Thank you for your compliment

[AshishSharma]

Tried it on my Laptop doesn't work ... Alt+0160 the numbers 0160 should be typed in numpad with numlock on then it works...It inserts a special character similar to space and a folder named "con " is created.

[anantkhaitan]

Guys this matter was already posted long before..............
look at this " Transparent Icon Text "

[ayush_chh]

nice information......

[Stalker]

cool...............thx 4 the info:=

[mariner]

nice info dude.

[Ron]

hey nice info
thanks

[anandk]

Originally Posted by anantkhaitan

Guys this matter was already posted long before..............
look at this " Transparent Icon Text "

here too in 2005 WANT TO REMOVE THE TEXT FROM YOUR DESKTOP ICONS ?

but this tip goes a step further ... thanx ramakrishnan

[Lucky_star]

Its cool, thanx for sharing, do u know any more of these??

[Tech Geek]

awesome.

[n2casey]

Nice info friend. Thx.

[ashisharya]

nice one...dude whoever discover that

[aakash_mishra]

Well I think many of us know this.....
Not only in digit's but in many other forum and other website too have this info
neways thaks for sharing it Ramakrishnan

[ax3]

old stuff ........ & has been posted LONG back .........

[Cool G5]

Thank you

[GeekyBoy]

You can also use

ALT + 255 for the same function.

[codename_romeo]

i knew it but stilll a helpful tool for all

[vikas_patil60]

Thanks

[vivekrm007]

Nice.....

[::cyborg::]

nice one

[Siddharth Maheshwari]

Do u want to know how did this work.Actually the number 0160 is the ASCII value of spacebar .Instead of 0160 u can also place 255.U can use ASCII keys any where even in icon .For e.g ± is a result of alt + 241 For further knowledge visit my this tutorial Make ur written materials more beautiful by using AASCII keys

Take a lokk at this also Customize the "Open" dialog box If u have some queries u can ask

[djmykey]

Ok now all ya guys flying in da air, so tell me if someone has renamed a folder with a special character and you need to open it (for further scrutiny or just for checking what is he/she upto) how will you do it. There is a way to do it in under 5 secs. Now tell me how to do it. If anyone knows this I will surely rep him.

P.S. :- No older member is allowed to reply coz I had given this info out once. This is really good command and I'm not gonna give this one out so u guys only need to rack your brains.

If anyone is offended, am sorry but I dun wanna showoff k.

[Siddharth Maheshwari]

Originally Posted by djmykey

Ok now all ya guys flying in da air, so tell me if someone has renamed a folder with a special character and you need to open it (for further scrutiny or just for checking what is he/she upto) how will you do it. There is a way to do it in under 5 secs. Now tell me how to do it. If anyone knows this I will surely rep him.

P.S. :- No older member is allowed to reply coz I had given this info out once. This is really good command and I'm not gonna give this one out so u guys only need to rack your brains.

If anyone is offended, am sorry but I dun wanna showoff k.

Just select a folder press f2 to rename it now press the alt + any number .
This will make an ASCII key.for e.g alt +12 = ♀ ,etc alt + 9 =○

And abt old member my age is 14 and i became active from this jan
I hav also told a tutorial on this article

Make ur written materials more beautiful by using AASCII keys

[djmykey]

Ok siddharth forgive me I wasnt clear out here. In any NT based systems the above renaming trick doesnt make the folder unaccessible. But in Win 98 it used to work like a charm, as in you culdnt rename it or do anything to it. Its properties would yield something wierd and it wouldnt open up too. So my question actually was if you are stuck in dos and u need to rename it, u have no tools to guess the character how wud u do it ? In XP anywayws the folder gets opened. Am sorry but I am kinda old school when it comes to windows so thats y I rely more on dos rather than Windows.

[khattam_]

He explained how to hide it, but did not explain how to get it back. Most of us will figure out easily, and this is old stuff, but for those who can't??

[Manshahia]

Thnx for this useful tip

[~Phenom~]

once the folder is hidden , how to use it ??? I mean how to unhide it to use it ???? also , how to hide folders in linux.