Thursday, January 29, 2009

Show Hidden Files in Windows 7

"How To Show Hidden Files in Windows 7", This trick is one of the easiest I know of and is a very common one too. But there are still people who have difficulty in finding from where and how to show hidden files and folders in Windows.

How To Show Hidden Files in Windows 7

* Click the Start button
* Open Control Panel
* Then go to Folder Options
* Click the View tab
* Check “Hidden files and folders: Show all files and folders”
* Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”
* Click “Apply” and then “OK”
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    thanks, i was looking for this

    Dave NL

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  2. ImmortalTofuApril 2, 2009 at 11:00 PM

    There is no folder options

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  3. AnonymousMay 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM

    ok im stupid. is ok thanks

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  4. AnonymousJune 7, 2009 at 3:30 AM

    Thanks for the tip, with that I was able to get my folders unhidden!

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  5. AnonymousJune 13, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    I found it in the end, but if categories is the default, which of those does folder options fall into??? Nothing intuitive there IMHO. And as for search.....We shouldnt have to keep searching the web for help hetre!
    jp

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  6. AnonymousJuly 19, 2009 at 2:34 AM

    Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization

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  7. AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 2:43 AM

    and where can I see the hidden files then in normal format? Kat

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  8. AnonymousNovember 26, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    thank you i was triing to find a .bat it worked

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2010 at 1:01 AM

    thank you very much, very useful took a while to find folder options
    it is under appearance and personalisation

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  10. AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM

    Thank You!!!

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