Create and delete an invisible folder in Vista

[anbukakashi2222]

please help me why cant i send my invisible folder to my flashdrive, i really have some important files inside the folder; but i cant send it to my flashdrive please help.

[hanmeng]

This didn't work for me, but the free program "unlocker" did.

[ThePutrilicious]

IF YOU STILL CAN'T DO IT: I tried everything and it's still not working. So I found a way to make it disappear from the interface. Try this. Right click on the designated/invisible folder. Click on Properties. On the bottom you will see Attributes with 3 check boxes. Click on Hidden, and make sure the other ones are unchecked. Click OK. Voila!

You're welcome.

[porkchops011]

thank you so much ☻☺♥♠♣♦•◘○

[woodytfc]

thanks man that was pissing me off not getting rid of that......inadvertently deleted just about everything esle on my desktop but that stupid thing wouldnt go

[randomvloguy]

thank you man!!!

[xjoselhox]

Graciiaaaas!! Me salvaste la vida :D

[tomPSfletcher]

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!!! IVE BEEN WORRYING ABOUT MY ALT 255 FOLDER FOR 2 DAYS!!! :D

[gundamfan1087]

Thanks you saved my ass. Been trying to delete that stupid folder for 1/2 an hour.

[DoDzillanator]

Yes!!! That worked! I named the folder ALT+0160. Then I wrote to the CMDline "ALT+0160" folder and it worked!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!! =D

[DerOllie]

thanks worked indeed, strange how vista sometimes works...

[fyaaa3]

Graciaaaaaaaaaaas!!!!

[KrisAniciete]

You save my life. :))

[creap32]

still dosent work for me.

it says "system cant find specified location (folder)"

[double0beef]

Thank you so much! I couldn't delete it I tried pretty much everything

[TheMrVASCO]

255 doesn´t work can somebody help me please?!

[samsensa]

@TheMrVASCO Try alt whatever you named it for example i did alt 0160 so i would use "alt+0160" folder

[maxtharanga1]

Thank you so much................

[ashiq2800]

Its does't work its says incorrect assignments

[ashiq2800]

Its not 255 because it doesn't work

[Jagureo]

I GOT AN EMERGENCY! I GOT A FOLDER WHICH I DELETED BUT ITS STILL ON MY COM! I CANNOT SEARCH IT BUT WHEN I NAME A FOLDER AS THE ONE I DELETED, IT SAYS CANNOT NAME AS SPECIFIED FILE! ITS NOT EVEN ON MY COM AT ALL!! AAAARRRRGGGHH!! PLEASE HELP!!

[enok90]

i had it for 1.5 years... and finally... its dead... i am glad, thanks dude!

[unixbet1]

THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK­S ALOT´ my folder lived on my desktop for 7 months now! thank god. i will never make a new :D

[cpuandsience777]

Thanks, but I tried to delete it and it says it is used by another proces. UUGGGHHH!!!

[DeeMinecrafter]

THANK YOU

[sandro753]

Thank GOD-Lol that nameless folder had lived on my desktop for months then i decided to look for a way to kill it. THANKZ

[Rickslic90]

Lol Thanks. IT was annoying as shit

[shady226]

EASIER WAY: if you have winrar just right click the folder and press "add to archive". once the winrar popup opens check mark the box that says "delete after archiving" and there you go.

[iSapan23]

@shady226 Nice man. I couldn't make that bitch go away.

[violoncello302]

@shady226 THANK YOU! I had WinRar because I downloaded the XP Pinball game.

[toxicptl]

@shady226 - Cheers :)

[ROBLOXains]

@shady226 Oh thank you

[tommis865]

@shady226 thx

[idkagoodusernameyet]

@shady226 tyvm.

[ZoileeX]

@shady226 THANK YOU! :D

[MultiQuikscopez]

@shady226

OMG thnk you im gonna sub you xD

[hasaiah]

@shady226 I believe I love you man...

[Chainsawyourhead]

Thanks...that was really annoying having the folder there

[gloudenful]

thnks man

[deatho101]

it doesnt work for me got any sugestions wut im doin rong

[bradman5505]

thanks alot now i can move my porn to a new drive!!!!

[luckymitchel]

thx

[alienszez]

Well. . . I have this old folder that I amde a long time ago but i forgot it's name and how it doesn't have one. How can I delete this folder?

[96aLMIGHTY]

ty so fkn rly much ! :)

[darknald123890]

thanks man 

[soulden]

doesnt work for me

[DJ10195]

thanks alot... it wont delete with cmd (i get ren "255") and it wont work

[TheReaggeman]

THX VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!

[DJ10195]

@TheReaggeman how did it work 4 u vista user? how did u delete it?

[TheReaggeman]

@DJ10195 I started cmd where the folder is located eg. On the desktop, and wrote "ren" 0160 "and then any name ...

[TheReaggeman]

@DJ10195 no sry i mean : ren "0160"

[amjovi]

So wierd.. if i type press alt255 i get ; ren "255" (new name here)

[VengefulRonin]

This would be great if I could remember what the hell I named the damn folder.

[Smeire1]

THANK YOU! I have been trying to delete that folder for months.

[DabidJK]

If you used alt 0160 type that instead of alt 255

[lordaboveall]

what you have to do in command prompt type in

cd desktop

then that takes you to desktop then press

ren " " example

the space betweeen the speech marks is me holding alt255

[amjovi]

Why the hell it ain't working for me? if I type: ren "pressing alt+255)" then it says ren "255" (my new mapname) how come?:S

[SuperGonkDroid]

for some reason when i make an invisible folder the icon is a black box or a gray outline square. how can i fix that?

[ryanbinrichard]

i think i named my invisible folder something else but it is gonna take me ages to find out what it was, can anyone help me!

[madsuser]

You just saved my day mate! Good one!

[balai6264]

Thank You!!!!

OMG i've been trying to delete that for like 3 months! thank you!

[AboutGaming]

what do you wrote

[amjovi]

i cant delete mine:S

[Ralastas]

THANK YOU OMG

[Flamesofice530]

I was trying to delete that folder in years, thanks

[chokeslam427]

so

ren "Alt+255"folder

Is that it?

[megaman83ful]

it didn't work

[tjbeaul1eu]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

[DjofDeVos]

ty a lot XD

[MultiJake999]

write cd desktop then hit enter

[rhigosrebel]

it says the syntax of command is incorrect HELP ME PLEASE

[MultiJake999]

he forgot something before you do that you got to hit cd desktop than hit enter then do what he said

[Greaseddog]

@rhigosrebel The exact line is "ren " " folder" (remove the "'s)

What you made wrong was forgetting a space somewhere!

[rhigosrebel]

@Greaseddog did it thanks

[omegasparkz]

still, vista is bad to do this, i mean u can still see the sidelines of the Map...

[airdrifter]

kool

[snowboarderjames]

I made one in my documents and now I can't delete it. any advise. (im not a computer wiz)

[Unit464]

assuming you have vista:

1.open documents

2.hold shift and right click on any empty space

3.click 'open command window here'

4.type 'rename "(alt + 255)" folder'

5.delete the folder named 'folder'

[DimaUkraina]

thanks dude

[bullets4hire]

Awsome job. Mines been bugging me for awhile. I also didnt know you could open cmd like that. Thanks

[thatrubberducky26]

thx dat folder got annoying it wasnt even used

[DarkestShadow2008]

Did it ever acure to you guys that my invizible folder isn't automaticly in C? :)

I know the command cd D:\ too but it simply won't go there ;)

[imkwl12345]

just wright "cd desktop"

it worked for me

[DarkestShadow2008]

how kind of you to tell me.

But as i said before my hidden folder was not on the desktop.

it was in drive D

i've managed to find the "cd" adress of the file and deleted it so for others who have invisible folders not on the desktop write cd and the adress you got it in like....

cd D:\123123

[Unit464]

instead of "cd D:\" just type "D:\"

[KeyarN21]

Thanks dude :D 5/5

[talexmoore]

You can do it on a laptop without number pad. Turn on num locks (maybe a function). Then for me, the letter K was 2 and I was 5 :D

[darkroy70]

u r the bomb!!!!!!11

[zahircool]

but i dont have notpad ;(

[imkwl12345]

if you have vista, you have notepad

[TheBasilisk0]

wat is the hard way?! plz tell mine wont work

[Aquotron]

Thanks a lot! I have an invisible folder and I couldn't get rid of it. It wouldn't even let me move it to a new location. Your video is very helpful.

[JeppeTrabergS]

how many numbers can you use to make it invisible ? im looking for the number i used i cant remember ...

[bullets4hire]

you probably used alt 0160

[JeppeTrabergS]

Thanks but no it still says the file cannot be found :(

[ConversationzTV]

Thank God, Man!! I have been Searching Forever on how to do this

[panique365]

Thank you (:

[TheILucIkyOne]

IM ON A LAPTOP???

[Shooterman1914]

Dude, ive been looking everywhere for a way to delete the dman theing

thanks a bunch dude

[ArkimeTyhaen107]

what if u didn't make it this way, i have a laptop (so no numberpad) and did it the hard way. i don't want it anymore but don't an alternative to deleting it

[J4MM3R5]

Thank you so much!!!

[frankaliiciious]

Ahh thank you thank you!! =))

[fourfives89]

Why don't you just make the folder visible again and then delete it the normal way? Surely that's possible....

[TheGGES]

Its Not Possible

[lpfan234]

you should zoom in on the screen so people can see what you're typing

[Joshxsk8]

thanks alot

[Richie926]

Can someone help when i do this mine keeps saying it is being used by a another process and i have tried using winrar and it says it cant delete it

[Blackbird1Cp]

can you give me written things on how to delete them i CANNOT delete mine!!! like writting instructions like after u get to command prompt plz??? msg me them and quickK! plz!

[NYG1997]

thank u!!!

you're the best!!!

[NYG1997]

THANk YOI!!!

[Atello93]

Cheers mate

[chazaonzo123]

what should i do cause my laptop dont hav a numpad

[sklerad]

using winrar: right click on hidden folder..select add to archive then select option "Delete files after archiving" SIMPLE AS THAT

[stang20877]

oh thanks men, you made my day, i did the way u say and glad its gone...thank you

[AceCampano]

THANKS MAN!

Had an invisible file for a while and all the other things wont work but yours did THANKS!!

[sklerad]

@AceCampano no worries!!!

[SirHubCAp]

Thank you so much! Only video on here that i've seen that actually shows you how to delete it.

[thdominat0r]

YES! THANK YOU!!!! i hav been trying to get rid of the name forever

[Arcterion]

You, sir, are a life saver! :) I was wondering how the hell I could get rid of it.

[TaPiNaUii]

Please can you transalte it in german how to delate it plssssssssssssssss.

[Simonthastomato]

Thx mate, great movie! =D

[EvanCrador]

Thank you SOOOOOOOOO much for this!  I could NOT figure out how the fuck to delete it!!! XD

[slimjim362]

Thank you sooooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooo

oooooooooooooooooooooo much! I had problems deleting it.

[jamiemcshafto]

Or you can do it the easy way by putting the icon back to normal and changing the name to NEW FOLDER and then you can delete it!!

[Bobbydickheaded]

i couldn't delete it either, but i forgot you have to hold ALT down when typing in what ever you named your hidden folder. I was on some other site, and the punk that made the video had an accent and must of been drunk on top of that, so i was kinda freaking out because i couldn't delete the goddamn thing

[baba1993]

Dude, i love you !

I was stuck with that damn map but thanks to you i got rid of it Thnx !!

[waffleking22]

THANKS YOU R AWSOME....IM SUBING!!

[Spunkdude73]

didnt work

[holyman102]

MAYBE YOU DID IT wrong

[germanboy89val]

Hello good sir!

This did not work. It said "the system could not find the file specified."

HELP PLEASE!

[holyman102]

maybe you used ALT+ 0160 INSTEAD OF ALT+ 255

[germanboy89val]

I did in fact use 0160. And I tried that method of getting rid of it, too... But it still doesn't work. I guess I'm just stuck with it forever!

[waffleking22]

hey germanboy...i used 0160 and i got rid of the folder.....just do everything he is doing but use the numbers 0160 while holding Alt and make sure ur Num Lock is ON.

[germanboy89val]

Thanks for the help, but it still didn't work. It says it can't find the folder specified... Oh well, I guess I'm stuck with it.

[jamiemcshafto]

If your still stuck jus go to the properties on the folder customize it change icon to the normal new folder icon then change the naame to anything once it has characters and save it, then all you do is delete it.

[AndyLuckyShot]

ive got the same problem =( tried changing name but it dose not let you change, even when i do a alt number it still cant find it. any ideas?

[AndyLuckyShot]

your not i found out how to fix!!! 1) i restarted 2) went into the folder properties 3) change name to 255 (with the alt), and make sure "read only" is not ticked 4) pressed ok 5) went to the console on desktop and typed "ren "(alt 255)" folder 6) it change delete time. im so proud of my self i'm only 14!!!!!!

if some one can tell me a program to record what i did ill make a vid.

[germanboy89val]

I didn't exactly understand your explanation. If you could make a video or just explain it a little more thoroughly, I promise you will be my favorite 14-year old ever!

[Parts44]

use hyper cam 2 thats free or if you want to download camstasia stuidio 6 from a torrent that is heaps better.

[FruitBooter37]

what do you do if it is a briefcase

[H0ckeyK1ng]

same thing G just extract an icon from shell32.dll from c:\WINDOWS\System32\Shell32.dl­l

[mark727111]

Could you mumble any more fucking wanker!

[bootsie222]

Thanks! i didnt know how to delete my folders that i had created...i was getting annoyed by them! lol

[Suicideman21]

uuhm,access denied

[Aeladrix]

Thanks! I made the folder a while ago but couldn't figure out how to delete it till now. This solved the problem, thanks.

[ReyDelWorld]

Really Worked THANKS !! ...

[svenmandes]

thank you without you my girlfriend had killd me

[nightmrmms]

sorry i cant hear you what do i type in the command promnt?

[alexanderpettersson]

ty wery much i didn now how to delet it

[popheykikker]

what does it say, i cant read it..

[darylsear]

SHIT AUDIO!!!!!!!!!

[homemovieman]

thank you man i made an invisible folder and then i couldn't delete the folder thank you so much

[Toca91]

errr it can't find it help!!!!!

[omgI15m]

Ah, yes, PowerToy's "Open Command Prompt Here". Pretty useful.

[xomess]

thank you very much, i needed to delete the folder :D

[marsbarnet95]

what did u type in CMD?

[gdenning01]

Thanks Alot your great

[Prato95]

thanks a lot! you are fucking great!

[DarkShadowKitsune]

Then go to the download folder, press and hold Shift and right click in the downloads folder, then follow the same steps.

[Quinklong]

when i change the icon to the invisible square i only get a black square. help?

[logitech324]

it won't work fucking shit

[rheamelcy]

it is working!!!maybe your not following the steps its very simple,,,,grade 1 can do this too...

[TheJuiceShow]

your porn is not completely bulletproof.

your mum can always go to the search windows folders and files "tranny porn" and bang your secret content in your invisible folder is exposed!!

[emiljensen2]

omg i can't do this

[seceon]

omg dude tx so much i was furt not in cmd in my desktop

[krypticsnow]

THANKSSS!!!!

[dominicjm]

thank you

[shantymukherjee4]

THANX

[smightar]

HOW DA UCK DO U MAKE DA TEXT INVISIBLE

[AppleAssassin]

just hold alt you idiot