Hidden folders

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When I activate the status bar while in Explorer (File manager not IE) it
says there is 1 hidden folder in documents and settings and "all users"
has 8 hidden folders.

So while in explorer I go to Folder options and view and I have "show
hidden files and folders" checked, but explorer still does not see them.
If I use a different file manager it shows they are there.

Why does explorer not "see" them and how can this be fixed?

Many Thanks
 
Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings
and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is
checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You
may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make
certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is
not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is
selected
and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type,
Total Size, and Free Space.

Folder content you still may not see. System Volume Information
(System Restore), Norton Protected Recyle Bin plus a few others.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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When I activate the status bar while in Explorer (File manager not
Under folder explorer view, go to the address bar and after the name of
the file in question type \New Folder\ and see if anything pops up.
You can also try \New Folder (2)\ This happened to me last night and
the files popped up.
 
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Local Settings is Hidden.
Temporary Internet Files is Hidden.
Content.IE5 is Hidden.
And the up to four folders under Content.IE5 are Hidden.

Content.MSO, if it exists, is also Hidden.

You cannot navigate to
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
by using Windows Explorer, you have to type or paste the path into the Run
command.

Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
you can now navigate to the up to four subfolders.

%allusersprofile%\DRM is the only Hidden folder I see in All Users.
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To find all Directories (Folders) with the Hidden attribute.

Type this in a command prompt and hit Enter...

DIR \ /S /a:dh

This will list all Hidden directories on C: with out changing directory.

Type this in a command prompt and hit Enter...

DIR \ /S /a:dh >dirH.txt

Will pipe it to C:\dirH.txt

Type this in a command prompt and hit Enter...

DIR \ /S /a:dh >"%userprofile%\desktop\dirH.txt"

Will pipe it to dirH.txt on Desktop.

DIR \ /S |FIND "i" |MORE A nice command to list all directories on the
hard drive, one screen page at a time, and see the number of files in each
directory and the amount of space each occupies.

Find all Directories with the Read-only attribute.

DIR \ /S /a:dr Will list all Read-only directories on C: with out changing
directory.

DIR \ /S /a:dr >dirR.txt Will pipe it to C:\dirR.txt

DIR \ /S /a:dr >"%userprofile%\desktop\dirR.txt" Will pipe it to dirR.txt
on Desktop.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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