When you share a folder, the folder will visible in a network. But in some scenario you want t hide the shared folder from users who are browsing the network, you can create hidden shared folders.
Once you hide the shared folder, you cannot access it if you browse the server by using File Explorer. You can access a hidden shared folder by typing in its UNC path.
To hide a shared folder, you just need to append the dollar symbol ($) to the folder’s share name.
For example, you can change a shared folder on File-Server1 named Sales into a hidden shared folder by naming the folder Sales$.
The shared folder will be accessible over the network by using the UNC path \\File-Server1\Sales$.
If you have any others trick to hide the share folder, please share with me. 🙂