greyed checkmark against Hidden, in Properties.
And how do I uncheck it?
Wesley Vogel said:Hi Terry,
Have you tried. Usually if there is a gray checkmark, it means that three
states can be toggled; no check mark, black check mark and gray check mark.
If multiple files are selected, a black check mark means that all the files
are hidden. A filled box or a gray check mark means that some files are
hidden and some are not. An empty box means no files have the attribute.
Tip from TweakUI:
[[If you create a file called Folder.jpg, that image will be used as the
thumbnail for the folder. What's more, that image will also be used as the
album art in Windows Media Player for all media files in that folder.]]
[[Manually create a folder picture
To manually customize the folder picture that the Thumbnails view uses, put
a Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) image file in the folder with a file
name of Folder.gif. You can use any graphic editing program to create the
.gif image. To use the Microsoft Paint program that is included with Windows
XP, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs (or Programs), point to Accessories,
and then click Paint.
2. To open an existing image, follow these steps:
a. On the File menu, click Open.
b. Locate the folder that contains the image that you want to use. Paint
can open images files with a .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe,
.jfif, .tif, .tiff, .png, or .ico file name extension.
c. Select the image that you want to use, and then click Open.
3. Use the tools in Paint to modify the image (if you want to modify it).
4. Save the image after you modify the image. To do so, on the File menu,
click Save as.
5. In the Save as type box, select GIF (*.GIF).
6. For the file name, type:
Folder.gif
7. Locate the folder that you want to customize, and then click Save.
When you view the folder in Thumbnails view in Windows Explorer, the folder
now has the custom image that you created, unless you use the Customize tab
of the folder's Properties dialog box to select a folder picture. The folder
picture that is specified on the Customize tab overrides the manual
Folder.gif customization. ]]
from...
Manually create a folder picture
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812003/en-us#4
clicking.
Terry Pinnell said:Wesley Vogel said:Hi Terry,
Have you tried. Usually if there is a gray checkmark, it means that three
states can be toggled; no check mark, black check mark and gray check
mark.
If multiple files are selected, a black check mark means that all the
files are hidden. A filled box or a gray check mark means that some
files are hidden and some are not. An empty box means no files have the
attribute.
Thanks, but it's inaccessible. Greyed out and doesn't respond to
clicking.
In fact *all* album art in My Music and its many subfolders is the
same. Hundreds of files with names like
'AlbumArt_{317AB331-FAE8-4F2B-8575-0E315184FAB1}_Large.jpg'
I'll study the rest later, but really my question is simply: how does
a file get this 'Hidden' status and how do I remove it please?
Tip from TweakUI:
[[If you create a file called Folder.jpg, that image will be used as the
thumbnail for the folder. What's more, that image will also be used as
the album art in Windows Media Player for all media files in that
folder.]]
[[Manually create a folder picture
To manually customize the folder picture that the Thumbnails view uses,
put a Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) image file in the folder with a
file name of Folder.gif. You can use any graphic editing program to
create the .gif image. To use the Microsoft Paint program that is
included with Windows XP, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs (or Programs), point to
Accessories, and then click Paint.
2. To open an existing image, follow these steps:
a. On the File menu, click Open.
b. Locate the folder that contains the image that you want to use.
Paint can open images files with a .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe,
.jfif, .tif, .tiff, .png, or .ico file name extension.
c. Select the image that you want to use, and then click Open.
3. Use the tools in Paint to modify the image (if you want to modify it).
4. Save the image after you modify the image. To do so, on the File menu,
click Save as.
5. In the Save as type box, select GIF (*.GIF).
6. For the file name, type:
Folder.gif
7. Locate the folder that you want to customize, and then click Save.
When you view the folder in Thumbnails view in Windows Explorer, the
folder now has the custom image that you created, unless you use the
Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box to select a folder
picture. The folder picture that is specified on the Customize tab
overrides the manual Folder.gif customization. ]]
from...
Manually create a folder picture
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812003/en-us#4
Wesley Vogel said:The files probably have the System attribute set as well as Hidden.
There is a fourth state, like on a System folder, Content.IE5 for example,
where the Hidden attribute is grayed out and unavailable with no checkmark
at all. Even the word Hidden is in an engraved like font, looks like it is
carved into the background. There is a fifth state, like on a desktop.ini
file, where the Hidden attribute is grayed out and unavailable, the word
Hidden in the engraved like font, but there is a gray checkmark.
There is a fourth state, sounds like the begining of a Twilight Zone
episode. ;-)
Read-only attribute describes a file that may only be read. A Read-Only file
can be viewed, but not changed. R
Hidden attribute, the file is hidden. It is not included in an ordinary
directory listing. Hidden file attribute specifies the way in which
operating system and various programs should treat the file or folder with
this attribute. By default hidden files and folders are not listed with DIR
command and not shown in Windows dialogue boxes. H
System attribute is usually used jointly with hidden and read only
attributes to provide maximum protection of system files. System attribute
is usually regarded by programs as a mandatory rule which forbids any
actions to be taken upon files or folders marked with this attribute. RHS
You can only view the System attribute by using the attrib command or by
selecting Attributes in Choose Details in a folder. On the View menu, click
Choose Details, then check Attributes.
To use the attrib command. In the directory where the file is located,
enter:
attrib filename.ext
Replace filename.ext with the full name of the file.
You should see something like:
A SHR FILENAME.EXT C:\FILENAME.EXT
The initials on the left stand for the first letter of the enabled
attribute: A for Archive, S for System, H for Hidden, and R for Read Only.
You can only change the System attribute by using the attrib command. And
you can only change the Hidden attribute by using the attrib command.
If the you remove the Hidden attribute and try to delete one of the files
that still has the System attribute set you will get a warning, but you can
still delete the file.
Type: attrib /? in a command prompt for Help.
To remove Hidden.
attrib -h c:\Path_to_file
Or cd to the the folder that the file is in and then use the command:
attrib -h filename.ext
To remove Hidden and System.
attrib -s -h c:\Path_to_file
Or cd to the the folder that the file is in and then use the command:
attrib -s -h filename.ext
Also for Attrib help.
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...
hh ntcmds.chm::/attrib.htm
Bingo - all 356 JPGs are now 'normal' again! The most immediate
advantage is that their thumbnails are now not glazed over with a grey
mask.
I did also post in microsoft.public.windowsxp.music, hoping for some
explanation as to why these are hidden anyway, but had no response.
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