Gray folders

[Tom]

for what ever reason, alot of my folders are appearing to
be grayed out. what is the cause of this?

 

[Mark Salloway]

Hi Tom
Files and folders can appear to be greyed out to indicate they have been set
as a hidden file. These are only be displayed when you have selected to show
hidden files and folders in folder options.

 

[Tom]

no, im afraid not. when they are hidden and viewable,
they appear faded. these are gray, meaning dark.

 

[Sharon F]

for what ever reason, alot of my folders are appearing to
be grayed out. what is the cause of this?

In "Folder Options> View" did you make changes to show hidden, system and
protected folders? Explorer will use a "grayed" folder icon for folders
that fall into those categories.

 

[Tom]

that was the first thing i thought of. i also tried
accessing them to see if it is because i dont access them
frequently and i removed the read only attribute from
them. doesnt work. make no mistake, when they are
hidden etc, they are faded. when i say gray, i mean
gray, as in dark, as in almost black