Three ways to create a link to a file or folder in Windows 11/10. Use Network access, Copy as path or Properties to get hyperlink to a file or folder.

To hide files and folders on Windows computers, follow these steps to create a secret blank folder.

Learn how to make a file or folder private in Windows 11/10. Select Share with or Give access to option and choose Nobody or Remove access.

You can now create and resize live folders to hold more apps in a smaller area, and you can remove the app list that normally appears on the left side of the Start menu.

To password protect a folder in Windows 10, you'll need to open the folder's "Properties" menu.

A reader named Gary asks about keeping folders private on the PC his family shares: I have Windows 8.1 and have set up my computer with myself, my wife, and two teenage daughters (19 and 16).