Windows 7: Missing 'Users' folder in Explorer

Archdeacon · 14 Nov 2011

My 'C:\Users' folder is missing from Explorer! If I type it in the address bar then all the sub-folders show up correctly, as do they all in cmd.exe. Nothing is 'hidden' and I have tried 'attrib -s -r -h %USERPROFILE%' but still it will not show. Any ideas please?
I have seen posts relating to individual sub-folders going missing but I think this is different.

Maguscreed · 14 Nov 2011

I have only seen this in instances where security policies have been created on public computers.
Have you ever toyed around with security policies?
Or even installed a very robust av/firewall software package?

Archdeacon · 14 Nov 2011

I have the standard Microsoft Security Essentials running with the default Windows Firewall, that is all; never played around with anything else though.

kado897 · 14 Nov 2011

In Explorer Organize->Folder and search options. On the general tab tick the show all folders box.

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Archdeacon · 14 Nov 2011

Problem solved: for some reason there was a 'System' attribute on the folder, so 'attrib -s -h c:\users' fixed it.

kado897 · 15 Nov 2011

Good news.

Windows 7: Missing 'Users' folder in Explorer

Missing 'Users' folder in Explorer problems?