PROTECTED OPERING SYSTEM FILES MY A$$

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Matt Shaw

I have a folder full of mp3 music files. They are on a
seperate hard drive from my operating system. The folder
size is about 1 gig, except the only way for me to view
the the files or access them is by going to Tools>Folder
Options>view and unchecking "Hide protected operating
system files". What would have given these files
operating system file properties and is there a way to
change this? Thank you. If possible, please respond to
email address (e-mail address removed)
 
You have to change the file attributes of these files.
Lets assume your files are on in mp3 folder on drive d:.
The path to these files is d:\mp3
What you have to do in this case it to lauch a command prompt window:
by clicking start button -> clicking run then typing cmd and pressing enter.

Then you have to change the path to your drive. In case of d: drive, type d:
(for f drive it would be f: , etc)
After that you have to get to the directory where your files are located.
If your files in d:\mp3, type:
cd mp3
(change directory to mp3)
If you have difficulties with this task, navigate to this directory with
your windows explorer and copy the path from the address box where it says
something like (D:\MP3) and then type
cd in your command prompt then type space than right click your mouse and
select paste from the pop up menu to paste the address. Press enter to
navigate to your target folder.

Now you should type
attrib -s -h -r *.*
(remove system hidden and read-only attributes from all files)
It should fix your problem.

Should you have any problems with any of these commands(attrib, cd, cmd)
you can always look up in help how to use them and what they do or just type
a command name /? to see a brief help

Regards,
Yuriy
 
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