Showing Hidden Files folder by folder

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Bertrum

Is there any way that I can make hidden files visible in only in certain
folders or on particular drives. I have some folders that contain software
under development. In these it would be useful to be able to see hidden
files, but I don't want all my other folders to show them. A per folder
setting for this would be useful, or at least a quick shortcut to toggle the
view.
 
Bertrum said:
Is there any way that I can make hidden files visible in only in certain
folders or on particular drives. I have some folders that contain
software
under development. In these it would be useful to be able to see hidden
files, but I don't want all my other folders to show them. A per folder
setting for this would be useful, or at least a quick shortcut to toggle
the
view.
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Hiding -- or showing hidden -- files and folders can be done on a
folder-by-folder basis.

To show hidden files and folders, go to the folder that contains the file or
folder you want to hide or show, then choose Tools, Folder Options, View,
"Show hidden files and folders."

Press ALT to display the Folder Menu if Tools is not displayed.

Does this help?
 
Thanks Brian, unfortunately that toggles the view on and off for all folders.
I was looking for a way to do it just for each specific folder. For
example, C:\Folder_1 should hide hidden files, while C:\Folder_1\Folder_2
should show hidden files. If I use the toggle in folder options, then it
applies to both folders regardless of which folder I am in when I make the
change.
 
Hi, Bertrum.

I'm not sure that I fully understand your question, but maybe...

Open a Command Prompt window and use the Attrib command to toggle the Hidden
attribute for the files you select. For example:
C:\>Attrib C:\Folder_1\*.* +h
C:\>Attrib C:\Folder_1\Folder_2\*.* -h

As usual in the Command Prompt window, just type Attrib /? for a mini-help
file showing all the parameters and switches available for the Attrib
command. You might want to right-click on Command Prompt in All Programs |
Accessories and click Run as Administrator to get the Administrator:Command
Prompt window. In this window, all commands run elevated, so you don't need
to continually furnish Administrator credentials.

RC
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Hey RC,

Thanks for the info, it helpful for other things I need to do, but does not
address the issue I have directly I'm afraid.

Let me try to elaborate. What I desire is to have the 'show hidden files'
feature turned on in some of my folders while it is still turned off in
others. At the moment, if I have two folders that both contain a mixture of
hidden and non hidden files, I can turn on the 'show hidden files' feature
and see the hidden files in both my folders. What I want to do though is
show all the files (hidden and non-hidden) in one folder, while at the same
time showing only non-hidden files in another folder.

Put another way, I want the 'show hidden files' parameter to attach itself
to a particular folder, not to the entire file system.

I'm beginning to think it simply cannot be done, But thanks to all who have
read this and tried to think of ways.
 
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