Hidden Files and Folders Problem

[Szereck]

I'm having trouble with the 'Show hidden files and folders' setting in
the folder options. No matter how many times I try to set the computer
to display hidden files and folders, the computer completely ignores it
and resets it to 'Do not show hidden files and folders'. The account I
am using while trying to change the setting is a admin account though
not the default admin account. I have tried to change the setting in the
default admin account and the same thing happens. I'm running XP Pro
with SP2. As far as I can tell this problem started after I uninstalled
a browser hijack program that got installed without my consent though I
am not positive that this problem did not start before the browser
hijacker problem occurred. I'm assuming the registry is corrupted and
short of reinstalling windows I don't know how to fix the problem. Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.

David

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

After you have the setting in place, go to Tools>Folder Options>View and
enable 'Apply to All Folders'. Then restart Windows Explorer.

 

[Szereck]

Do you mean close the exploerer window that I makde the changes in and
open a new one or do you mean kill all instances of explorer.exe and
start a new instance of explorer to regain the desktop?

David

 

[rvrw2c]

take a loo
@http://web.archive.org/web/20041123...OUBT............................ DO NOT DO IT..

 

[Szereck]

Szereck Wrote:

Unfortuneatly the site you directed me to did little to solve my
problem, though I'm sure my computer will probably run faster now that I
have browsed the info on that site.

David

take a look
@http://web.archive.org/web/20041123....................... DO NOT DO IT... [/QUOTE]

 

[Szereck]

I shall assume that you mean the the explorer window that is used to
make the changes in. However I have tried that many times and windows
still ignores the change. Anyone else have any ideas before I do a fresh
reinstall?

David