Hidden folders

Here are two folder that you cannot view in File Explorer unless you know the path to them and even if you do, the folder name does not show:

C:\Users\rdwray\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
C:\Users\rdwray\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations

How is this accomplished?

Try3 said:

You are correct that you can only browse to them by putting in their paths. I don't think you'll be able to change this behaviour.

Their purpose is explained in
Recent Items and Frequent Places - Turn On or Off - TenForums

Denis

I want to know how to do it, that's a good way to protect data.

These folders are readily visible in XYPlorer and some other File Explorer alternatives. They are not visible in Exploror2. It seems likely this is a feature of the shell which performs the basic functionality of File Explorer and some other file managers. This feature isn't mentioned in user level documentation because it isn't a user accessible feature. It is likely in the shell developer documentation somewhere but I haven't seen it. I don't think this is available to the user without third party software. There has long been software that can hide folders and they may be using this method. That would be your best option. I have no experience with such.