Hidden folder not showing in Vista Home Premium

[Shocky]

Hi there,
I had marked one of my folders (G:/Personal) as hidden sometime back.
Now, when i want to see the hidden folder, i am not able to do so,
even after doing the following.
1) Went to Folder Options--> View
2) Checked the "Show hidden files and folders" option.
3) Press "Apply" then "Ok"

But the folder does not appear at all.
The strange part is : after doing the above when i again open the
Folder Options dialog box, i see that the "Do not show hidden files
and folders" option is checked on its own.


After reading up on the net, i also tried after unchecking the "Hide
protected operating system files (Recommended)" option.

Not that, i think it should have anything to do with a user created
hidden folder... but still.. tried it out.
That does not work either.

Please help me resolve this.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Jon]

I hate to break the 'shocky-ing' news but it sounds like it's been deleted.

 

[Shocky]

no sir jon
Its not been deleted..
i removed the hidden attribute using command prompt "attrib -h"
command .. and the folder appears!!!

The problem here again is.. in this folder.. i have many sub folders
and sub sub folders whose names i may not know..
so doing the same for all these sub folders using command prompt
attrib -h command seems too far fetched..
(using attrib -h command with the wildcard "*" works only for files,
not for sub folders)

Any clues??

 

[Shocky]

... and how does one explain the behaviour that when i open the Folder
Options dialog box again (after checking the "Show hidden files and
Folders" option), the changes are reverted back.. i.e. i see that the
"Do not show.." option is checked again???

Any clues?

 

[Jon]

Cool. I'm glad you proved me wrong and your files survived!

You can use '/s' with the attrib command also to process subfolders as well
in one fail swoop ie so that you don't have to type the command for each
folder.

Also via explorer you could right-click the top level folder > Properties >
Uncheck the 'hidden' attribute. You may get the option to apply it to all
subfolders at the same time. Worth a try.

--
Jon


no sir jon
Its not been deleted..
i removed the hidden attribute using command prompt "attrib -h"
command .. and the folder appears!!!

The problem here again is.. in this folder.. i have many sub folders
and sub sub folders whose names i may not know..
so doing the same for all these sub folders using command prompt
attrib -h command seems too far fetched..
(using attrib -h command with the wildcard "*" works only for files,
not for sub folders)

Any clues??

 

[Jon]

Yeah, that's an odd one. Not sure what would cause that, other than a piece
of malware on your system. Might be worth doing a virus scan.

--
Jon


... and how does one explain the behaviour that when i open the Folder
Options dialog box again (after checking the "Show hidden files and
Folders" option), the changes are reverted back.. i.e. i see that the
"Do not show.." option is checked again???

Any clues?

 

[Jon]

(using attrib -h command with the wildcard "*" works only for files,
not for sub folders)

Any clues??

Also attrib has a '/D' option to process folders as well

 

[Shocky]

Thnks Jon..

did not know about the /D switch...
i guessed too tht it could be some malware restricting hidden folders/
files from being shown.
had run a virus scan recently and it had come out clean.. but u never
know.

Thanks anyways for the replies.