Hidden but not hidden

[lallous]

Hello

I have a DVD that contains some folders that are not hidden, however they
are not listable.

Even if the "Show hidden" and "show system files" are there, the folders
won't be listed.

Only if you know the direct path to the folder and its content, then you can
open the files, example:
notepad "d:\the hidden folder\thefile.txt"

What is the mechanism that might be blocking the listing functionality to
reveal these folders?

Even tried-> cmd -> d: -> cd\ -> dir /a ->> nothing's there!!!

Please advise,
Elias

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello

I have a DVD that contains some folders that are not hidden, however they
are not listable.

Even if the "Show hidden" and "show system files" are there, the folders
won't be listed.

Only if you know the direct path to the folder and its content, then you
can open the files, example:
notepad "d:\the hidden folder\thefile.txt"

What is the mechanism that might be blocking the listing functionality to
reveal these folders?

Even tried-> cmd -> d: -> cd\ -> dir /a ->> nothing's there!!!

Please advise,
Elias

Try dir /ah

 

[lallous]

Pegasus,

Running "dir /a" displays all files including hidden, etc...

However, I don't know what mechanism is used to hide those folders from
being listed.

Any other advise?

 

[M.I.5¾]

Hello

I have a DVD that contains some folders that are not hidden, however they
are not listable.

Even if the "Show hidden" and "show system files" are there, the folders
won't be listed.

Only if you know the direct path to the folder and its content, then you
can open the files, example:
notepad "d:\the hidden folder\thefile.txt"

What is the mechanism that might be blocking the listing functionality to
reveal these folders?

Even tried-> cmd -> d: -> cd\ -> dir /a ->> nothing's there!!!

From a Command window try dir /ah. But I somehow think it won't work.
There is a mechanism by which windows can hide folders from the user and not
show them whatever the user tries to do. It is mainly used for hiding log
files from the user (these are what forensic laboratories use to see what
you have been looking at on the Internet , for example). I would be
surprised if the DVD actually did this, but it's not impossible.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm getting a little confused. In your first post you wrote this:

"dir /a ->> nothing's there!!!"

In your most recent post you write

"Running "dir /a" displays all files including hidden, etc..."

This looks contradictory to me: Either it does show all hidden
folders/files or it does not.

 

[Bob I]

Do a "Dir /?" and read the last line about preset.