WinXP Pro doesn't display all contents of WINDOWS

[Guest]

Additionally, if I open a CMD-prompt window, navigate to the C:\WINDOWS
directory and do a "DIR" command, all that is shown is the . and ..
directories!

I have "Show Hidden Files and Folders" selected in Windows Explorer Folder
Options.

How do I get WinXP to reveal ALL files and folders? I KNOW there are a bunch
of files and folders at that location (if I do a "DIR s*" a list of files and
folders including SYSTEM and SYSTEM32 are shown).

Thank you for your attention and help.

PSB

 

[Daave]

Additionally, if I open a CMD-prompt window, navigate to the
C:\WINDOWS directory and do a "DIR" command, all that is shown is the
. and .. directories!

I have "Show Hidden Files and Folders" selected in Windows Explorer
Folder Options.

How do I get WinXP to reveal ALL files and folders? I KNOW there are
a bunch of files and folders at that location (if I do a "DIR s*" a
list of files and folders including SYSTEM and SYSTEM32 are shown).

When you were in Folder Options, did you uncheck the "Hide protected
operating system files (recommended)" option?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

None of these apply to the command prompt (cmd.exe) or the Run command.

* Display the contents of system folders
* Show hidden files and folders
* Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)

They only apply to Windows Explorer.

I UNChecked: Display the contents of system folders & Show hidden files and
folders. And I checked: Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended).

I then killed explorer.exe and restarted it just because.

I then opened a command prompt.
Typed: cd C:\WINDOWS
Typed: dir and everything showed.

I also pasted the following line into the Run command and clicked OK...

C:\DOCUME~1\WESLEY~1.VOG\LOCALS~1\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

and the Content.IE5 folder opened. LOCALS~1 or Local Settings is a hidden
folder, so anything beyond that is also hidden. And Content.IE5 is a Hidden
System folder.

I also pasted
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
into the Run command and the Content.IE5 folder opened.

I am not sure what you problem is.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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