Invisible files

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Robert Ollier

Hi

I recently needed to reinstall XP professional onto my laptop. Ahead of
this, I migrated everything of value off the C drive and onto an external
HDD. Once I had the system up and running again, and I'd added a number of
new products, including ZoneAlarm and Norton AV, I started to bring my
valued files back onto the local drive.

I made the mistake of cutting the files and pasting them into the C drive,
rather than just copying them. Once the process was complete, the receiving
folder
appeared empty, but when I checked the properties, the folder clearly
contained my files - I just couldn't see them.

I copied the 'empty' folder and moved it somewhere else. Sure enough, I
could see the file names as they were moved from one folder to another - but
the new folder was still 'empty' once the transfer was complete.

I've tried to unhide (reveal?) the files using the XP file properties - no
joy. I have no idea what to do. Any ideas what might be happening and/or how
I might fix this?

Thanks
Robert
 
Replied to [Robert Ollier]s message :
I made the mistake of cutting the files and pasting them into the C drive,
rather than just copying them. Once the process was complete, the receiving
folder
appeared empty, but when I checked the properties, the folder clearly
contained my files - I just couldn't see them.
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Try this :

Tools/Control Panel > Folder Options
View tab > Select "Show hidden files and folders" and untick "Hide protected
operating system files"
Click Yes at the prompt and click OK to close the folder options dialog


→ Ayush [ Good :-) Luck ]
 
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