Creating an Invisible or Visually hidden folder on Desktop
In this video, we will be creating a folder with no name and transparent icon. This will make it invisible. The no-name part we will achieve using a non-breaking space character, NBSP, from the extended ASCII character list. And the transparent folder part we will achieve by assigning the folder a transparent icon.
The process of assigning a transparent icon to the folder is quite glitchy. Sometimes you may find that the transparent icon is rendered as a black box. Of course, you can set the desktop background to something black and hide the folder in the dark parts of the background, but it is not fun then.
In this video, we have also tried to overcome the black box issue, with some steps as per my observation during multiple trials. But, still, it's not hundred percent foolproof. Anyways, this activity is a small fun activity. It is in no way a concrete method to keep your important documents safe. It only makes the folder visually hidden on the desktop. It can be easily identified from File Explorer. If you want to protect your documents then use encryption.
The process of naming the folder requires a number pad on the keyboard. The video covers a workaround if your keyboard does not have a number pad. The process is simple to follow. I hope the video helps you as intended.
Additional path for icon DLL:
%systemroot%\system32\imageres.dll
ASCII article:
https://www.ascii-code.com/CP437
Codes used on number pad:
1. Alt + 255
2. Alt + 0160 (If 255 does not work)
Note: If both don't work then, probably the codepage is something different. Search your system's code page. Then for that code page find the extended ASCII code for 'nbsp' (Non Beraking Space). For example, code page 437 has extended ASCII code for 'nbsp' as 255. For the Windows-1252 code page, 'nbsp' is 160. The above provided ASCII article will be helpful in this.
Thank you.