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kalwoogy
July 5th, 2007, 07:50 PM
I found this:
and tried it, now I cannot delete! Help!
I did make it visible.

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With this you can create and invisible folder that you can put on your desktop or withing another folder. You can't see it but if you know where it is you can double-click it and view its contents.

1. Right click where ever you want the invisible folder to be, go to new, then click on folder.
2. Turn numberlock on, select the name, and hold Alt and press 0160, then release Alt. This should make a character that looks like a space, but it isn't.
3. Now right click the folder you just made and go to properties. Then go to the Customize tab. Then press the Change Icon button. Scroll through the icons until you find one that has no image (a blank space in the icons, any one will do).
4. Hit OK and you have an invisible folder!

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Any help appreciated

Demonstroke
July 6th, 2007, 01:24 AM
The fact it was created with an AnscII accent may be why you cannot delete it.
Go to start>run, type cmd & press enter. When it pops up cd to where its created. Then type ren alt+0160 Delete.
Should rename the folder to delete, then you can delete it.

kalwoogy
July 6th, 2007, 01:19 PM
I followed your directions to the letter twice, navigating to my desktop where the folder lives.
I got:
"The system cannot find the file specified?
Help?

Thank you,
Kal

kalwoogy
July 6th, 2007, 01:23 PM
When I type, holding alt down, 0160, release alt I get a blank character in the run window but then I get...
"The syntax of the command is incorrect"

Kal

kalwoogy
July 7th, 2007, 06:49 PM
This is my very first request for help!
Can nobody help me with this???

jdc2000
July 7th, 2007, 09:11 PM
Try this in the CMD window:


ren "Alt+0160" junkfile


This puts the Alt+0160 invisible character in quotes.

kalwoogy
July 8th, 2007, 04:34 PM
jdc2000, you rock!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much!