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  Anonymous

  1 year ago

  Dude, this really helped me out, i finally found a folder that has some important stuff to me in it, Thanks!
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  anonymous

  9 months ago

  My friend thought it was funny to hide a 3gb folder on my memory stick (taking up all the memory). Needed this to find and delete it.
  
  Thank you for your help.
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  Will

  7 months ago

  Same here, I had a 2 hidden folders on my SD Card which I only noticed when I put it into my PS3. (Which I Just Deleted From My SD Card)
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  Jonathong

  9 months ago

  Thanks dude, godsend :P
  
  (not used to silly vista)
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  Celine

  8 months ago

  Alrighty, thanks so much!
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  Mr F Shields

  8 months ago

  how do you delete the notes on the recent items on widow svista
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  Lindsey

  8 months ago

  Help! I'm trying to hide my sensitive files because I have an employee coming in this weekend. I hid three of the directories in my main folder, but now I can't even figure out how to view them myself! How do I un-hide them? I'm in the root directory (called "Lindsey,"), it's one tier up from My Documents. When I click on "customize this folder" i get an error message saying properties for this item (Desktop?) are not available!!
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  james

  8 months ago

  My question was how to see the pictures in an album formatt and not how to find files.
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  robz

  8 months ago

  Chrs Thank you xxxx
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  lovelyslickyvixen

  7 months ago

  the folder option isnt there! how??
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  sud

  7 months ago

  type folder options in search in control panel
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  DeAdnre

  7 months ago

  Or on the left side click "Classic View" and then look for "Folder Option" Once again.
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  sud

  7 months ago

  very gud info
  
  thanks.....
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  VistaMan

  7 months ago

  good stuff buddy.. thanks alot, i had totally forgotten how to findem'
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  Cam

  7 months ago

  Awesome! Thanks a lot man! I accidentally hid a bunch of folders on my desktop and did not know how to view them again!
  
  This really helped!
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  Chris

  7 months ago

  This was useful to me, but for the opposite reason. I was trying to turn off the viewing of hidden files. People who are reading this, this article is very informative, but just don't bother with hidden files. They're annoying, trust me, and there's a reason they're hidden. Tampering with them at all can crash your entire system, I know from experience.
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  hh

  6 months ago

  ya
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  scottishguy

  6 months ago

  might be worth mentioning... IF you go into control panel but you cannot see the icon "folder options".. then you should click on "classic view" text on the left... this will reveal the folder options icon amongst others..
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  J

  6 months ago

  Control panel > Appearance and Personalization
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  Drew

  5 months ago

  Thanks for this I hid some folders by mistake! Many thanks pal
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  dave

  5 months ago

  Help!
  
  Hi! I have several folders hidden in my computer, i followed the steps bellow, but just can't unclick "do not show hidden files and folders", it just doesn't let me do that. I entered the folder options in mode "run as administrator", but still doesn't work. Any idea? Thanks.
  
  david
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  Rico

  4 months ago

  I have the same problem as David's. I have clicked the "show hidden files and folders" and then click Apply button but doesn't take any effect. When I open the Folder Options box again, the radio button still points to "Do not show hidden files and folders". Even when I unchecked the "Hide extensions for known file types" and "Hide protected operating system files", it did not work. Need help here...
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  Glenn

  4 months ago

  Thankyou, i hid a folder and could not find it when i needed it, helped a lot thanks
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  kitty

  4 months ago

  my computer doesnt allow me to select show, it only has DO NOT show hidden files, and it wont let me un click it! i have 3 gig of photos hidden (my sister sneaks through my stuff) how can i access it???
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  Xem8wt

  3 months ago

  U own. Thanks for your help
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  Rohan

  2 months ago

  I still have files that arnt showing up?
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  Igor

  2 months ago

  But i dont have Folder Options in my Control Panel!!!!
  grrrrrr this post suck!
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  Shakya

  2 months ago

  try classic view.....
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  Shakya

  2 months ago

  wonderfully helpful, thankyou
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  aaron

  1 month ago

  if your smart enough you could just write folder options come on common sense
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  jayson byrd

  1 month ago

  sweet. tysm
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  Mohammed

  1 month ago

  I do the three Methods that you have shown me including the download of smart virus remover and it DIDN'T WORK this problem driving me criusy PLEASE tell me what to do
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  glen

  1 month ago

  Thanks for that post. It was very handy. TY
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  troy

  1 month ago

  THANKS BUDDY ...............was driving me nuts
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  surj

  3 weeks ago

  thanks
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  franc

  3 weeks ago

  hey' thank u so much...
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