Missing files in Windows Explorer

[Peter]

When I look at "C:\Documents and Settings\User" in Windows Explorer on my
desktop PC I cannot see the "Local Settings" Sub-directory.
If I type the name in the address bar it appears OK. I have selected "Show
Hidden Files and folders". I have unticked "Hide protected operating system
files". If I view the drive from my laptop via my wireless link the files
are there!
I'm on XP Pro SP2.

I'd be grateful for any ideas, whilst I can clearly work around the problem
it's a pain.

Peter

 

[Big_Al]

When I look at "C:\Documents and Settings\User" in Windows Explorer on my
desktop PC I cannot see the "Local Settings" Sub-directory.
If I type the name in the address bar it appears OK. I have selected "Show
Hidden Files and folders". I have unticked "Hide protected operating system
files". If I view the drive from my laptop via my wireless link the files
are there!
I'm on XP Pro SP2.

I'd be grateful for any ideas, whilst I can clearly work around the problem
it's a pain.

Peter

Hide protected operating system files. Maybe?

 

[Peter]

Hide protected operating system files. Maybe?

See above - I've tried selecting it & then unselecting it again without
effect

Peter

 

[Gerry]

Peter

Your User Account is only one of a number which has a Local Settings
sub-folder. Administator, Default User, Local Service and Network
Service, have their own Local settings sub-folders. All Users does not
have a Local Settings sub-folder. Does this match the situation on your
own computer?

What is the situation if you create a new User Account? I am thinking
you may have a corrupt User Profile?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Lem]

See above - I've tried selecting it & then unselecting it again without
effect

Peter

The question is, what folder was open when you made the changes to
Folder Options? You should be in the containing folder, i.e.,
C:\Documents and Settings\user unless you click the button to "Apply to
All Folders."

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[Gerry]

Lem

Where do you get that idea from? We are discussing systems settings or a
folder view seting?

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Gerry
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[Lem]

Lem

Where do you get that idea from? We are discussing systems settings or a
folder view seting?

I agree, I made an assumption -- but so did you.

If one goes to Control Panel > Folder Options > View, then the settings
are system-wide.

On the other hand, if in Windows Explorer, one goes to Tools > Folder
Options > View, one is given the *option* of making the settings apply
to "this folder" or to "All Folders."

The OP didn't say where he was making the settings, and in my
experience, people who are trying to change the way Windows Explorer
behaves are more likely to use Tools > Folder Options than the Control
Panel. YMMV.

On the other hand, your speculation that the OP has a corrupt user
profile doesn't seem warranted. The OP said that he *can* see the
"Local Settings" folder under C:\Documents and Settings\user\ but only
if he enters the path in the the Windows Explorer location bar or uses
Windows Explorer on another (networked) computer. The directory is
there, it just is behaving as if it's hidden (which it is) despite his
efforts to "show hidden files and folders."

If the OP is still following this thread, and if he hasn't already
figured out what's going on, he could remove the "hidden" attribute for
his "Local Settings" folder by using the attrib command from a command
prompt window and see if this makes the folder visible in Windows Explorer.

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Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Gerry]

Lem

Assumptions often have to be made <g>

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Regards.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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