Almost anyone knows how to make a “hidden” folder in Windows, but
then again almost anyone knows how to make explorer show hidden folders.
Let’s take a look at how to make 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 so its
attributes to make it a so called “hidden” file or folder. The problem
is that just as many people know you can
show files and folders that have the “hidden” attribute
by simply changing a radio button under the folder view options. The
easiest way to make a real hidden file or folder is to mark it as an
important operating system file, that way Windows won’t display it even
if explorer is set to display hidden files and folders.
To do this we need to launch a command prompt, so press the Win + R key combination and type cmd then hit the enter button.
