{"id":31774,"date":"2020-08-06T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/?p=31774"},"modified":"2023-05-06T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T15:23:23","slug":"hide-secret-folders-disguise-folders-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/hide-secret-folders-disguise-folders-windows","title":{"rendered":"Camouflage your secret folders using Disguise Folders for Windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few days back, we talked about how you could <a title=\"Hide Folders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/hide-folders-windows-7-inaccessible\" rel=\"noopener\">hide folders<\/a> in Windows. Today we are introducing to you a novel TWC app &#8211; an ingenious way to hide your folders in Windows 11\/10\/8\/7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our member Paras Sidhu is at it again &#8211; he has developed for TWC, <strong>Disguise Folders<\/strong>, a free tool that lets you camouflage your secret folders and allows you to disguise them as system folders.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disguise Folders for Windows<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/disguise-folders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31777 size-full\" title=\"Disguise Folders\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/disguise-folders.jpg\" alt=\"Disguise Folders\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/disguise-folders.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/disguise-folders-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/disguise-folders-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s say you want to hide folder and don&#8217;t want anyone looking for it. Use Disguise Folders to make it look and act like say Windows Update or Recycle Bin.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How it works:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Download and run this portable app.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Select the folder you want to camouflage by clicking on the Disguise button. Let&#8217;s say you want to disguise &#8216;Secret Folder&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next, select what you would like to hide it as. Let&#8217;s say you select Windows Update.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click Disguise Now.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will see your Secret Folder being replaced by Windows Update!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/folder-disguise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31778\" title=\"folder-disguise\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/folder-disguise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/folder-disguise.jpg 381w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/folder-disguise-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Try clicking this Windows Update folder, and you will actually see Windows Update opening!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>To recover your old folder:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Click on the Recover button and select the path of this &#8216;Windows Update&#8217; folder. Enter the Folder name viz Secret Folder and click Recover now.<\/li>\n<li>You will see your Secret Folder back in place of the Windows Update folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/DF.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-760 size-full\" title=\"Download\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1.gif 222w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1-20x4.gif 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/DF.zip\"><strong>Disguise Folders v1<\/strong> <\/a>and check it out for yourself and have fun using it!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a safe, for-fun kind of an app and in no way messes with your original system folders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days back, we talked about how you could hide folders in Windows. 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