Almost anyone knows how to make a "subconscious" folder in Windows, merely then again nearly anyone knows how to make explorer testify hidden folders. Allow's take a await at how to brand a folder so hidden, only you will know its there.

Anyone that has used Windows for a while knows that they can right-click on a file or folder and edit its properties, more than so its attributes to arrive a and so chosen "hidden" file or binder. The problem is that just as many people know you tin can prove files and folders that have the "hidden" attribute by but changing a radio push button under the folder view options. The easiest way to make a real hidden file or folder is to mark information technology as an important operating arrangement file, that way Windows won't display information technology even if explorer is fix to brandish hidden files and folders.

To exercise this we need to launch a command prompt, so press the Win + R key combination and type cmd then hit the enter button.

At present we are going to use the attrib command, so go ahead and type a command similar to the post-obit (yous'll need to substitute the path to your own folder hither).

attrib +s +h "C:\Users\Taylor Gibb\Desktop\Top Secret"

Y'all will need to supplant the stuff in quotes to an absolute path of a folder or file on your system  that you want to make hidden.

Now if I go look for the Top Secret binder on my Desktop it is gone, even with explorer set to show subconscious files and folders.

To unhide the file or folder you can run the aforementioned control, except this fourth dimension use "-" instead of the "+" signs.

attrib -s -h "C:\Users\Taylor Gibb\Desktop\Top Clandestine"

Like magic, my folder appeared again.

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While this method will grab 99 percentage of people, if I knew for a fact that there was a hidden binder on a organisation that I was looking for there are many ways that volition expose the binder. The easiest would exist to make explorer show operating system files, which can be done through the same interface as showing hidden files.

Although any ordinary user who un-checks the box will nearly probably be scared off by the warning message that appears.

Hope this was informative, now go hide all your things.