Help Unhide Hidden Folders


  1. webmanoffesto
    Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Enterprise
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    Help Unhide Hidden Folders


    How do I unhide folders when the "unhide" button is greyed out?

    I'm dealing with either the aftermath of a virus or the aftermath of overzealous antivirus software (Avast free antivirus). I use the Portable Apps suite on my USB Disk on Key. I think Avast tagged Autorun.inf as a virus (or worm).

    Anyway, I now have problems saving new files to my DoK because, for example, Word will not show me the folder which I want to save the file to, because it's hidden. (Yes, I know I can "Show Hidden Folders").

    I want to Unhide my folders. See the image below. It shows that the Unhide button is greyed out. And may even be telling me that the folders are set to "read only". How do I resolve this problem?

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  3. roban
    Posts : 284
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
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    There is a small program unhide.exe by Bleeping Computers that reverts changes made to your system by some FakeAlert viruses. You can get it HERE
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  4. Infinite
    Posts : 960
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 - 64 Bit
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    One of these may be able to help.

    Hidden attribute disabled.. HELP !? - Yahoo! Answers

    Disabled hidden property checkbox

    the 'hidden' option is disabled in folder properties
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  6. webmanoffesto
    Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Enterprise
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    It looks like Attribute Changer 7 resolved the problem
    PETGES.LU - Download
    Attribute Changer 7.0
    "Attribute Changer is a powerful Windows Explorer add-on, available at your fingertips whenever you right-click on files, folders or drives in Windows Explorer … for free."
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