When you right click on the Desktop and click on Show/Hide Hidden Files, the hidden files (faded files) will instantly show or hide. You will need to refresh (F5) any other opened inactive window to see the hidden files show or hide in them.
When you right click on a blank area in the main window of a library or folder and click on Show/Hide Hidden Files, the hidden files (faded files) will instantly show or hide in that window. You may need to refresh (F5) with any other opened inactive window to see the hidden files show or hide in them.
EXAMPLE: "Show/Hide Hidden Files" Added to Context Menu
OPTION ONE
To Add "Show/Hide Hidden Files" to Context Menu
1. Do either step 2 or 3, or step 4 or 5 for what you would like.
2.To Toggle Show or Hide ALL Hidden Files with Notify Sound Played NOTE:When you click/tap on the Show/Hide Hidden Files context menu item using this option, you will hear the notify.wav file play only if Window Media Player is set as the default program for .wav files. If you do not have Window Media Player turned on in Windows Features, then you will get an error instead of the sound playing.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop. NOTE:This includes all "hidden files, folders, or drives" and "hidden protected operating system files".
3.To Toggle Show or Hide ALL Hidden Files without any Sound NOTE:This option is if you did not want to have the Notify.wav play when you use the Show/Hide Hidden Files context menu item, or if you get an error from using step 2 since you have Windows Media Player turned off in Windows Features.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop. NOTE:This includes all "hidden files, folders, or drives" and "hidden protected operating system files".
4.To Toggle Show or Hide Hidden Files with Notify Sound Played NOTE:When you click/tap on the Show/Hide Hidden Files context menu item using this option, you will hear the notify.wav file play only if Window Media Player is set as the default program for .wav files. If you do not have Window Media Player turned on in Windows Features, then you will get an error instead of the sound playing.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop. NOTE:This includes only all "hidden files, folders, or drives" and not "hidden protected operating system files".
5.To Toggle Show or Hide Hidden Files without any Sound NOTE:This option is if you did not want to have the Notify.wav play when you use the Show/Hide Hidden Files context menu item, or if you get an error from using step 4 since you have Windows Media Player turned off in Windows Features.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop. NOTE:This includes only all "hidden files, folders, or drives" and not "hidden protected operating system files".
Add_Show_Hide_Hidden_Files_to_Context_Menu.zip
B) Go to step 6.
6. Open the downloaded ZIP file, and extract (drag and drop) both the .reg and .vbs files to your desktop.
7. Right click or press and hold on the extracted .vbs file, click/tap on Properties, click/tap on the General tab, and unblock it. NOTE:If you do not see a Unblock button, then the file is already unblocked.
8. Right click or press and hold on the extracted and unblocked .vbs, and click/tap on Copy.
9. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and open the C:\Windows folder. Right click or press and hold on an empty area in the C:\Window folder, click/tap on Paste, then click/tap on Continue and Yes (UAC) if prompted. Close the Windows Explorer window.
10. Double click/tap on the extracted .reg file to merge it.
11. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8) or Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK when prompted.
12. Show/Hide Hidden Files has now been added to the context menu.
13. You can delete the download files left on your desktop now if you would like to.
OPTION TWO
To Remove "Show/Hide Hidden Files" from Context Menu
NOTE:This is the default setting.
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.
2. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
3. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8) or Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK when prompted.
4. Show/Hide Hidden Files has now been removed from the context menu.
5. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and open the C:\Windows folder, right click or press and hold on the file below, click/tap on Delete, and Yes (if prompted).
Toggle_Show_Hidden_Files_On_Off.vbs
OR
Toggle_Show_Hidden_Files_On_Off_with_SOUND.vbs
6. You can now delete the download reg file if you would like to.
i thought it wasn't working at first on my main pc, until i rtfm'ed and realised it isn't on the file context menu - tried it on the desktop, et voilą it worked.
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strangely, it seems to work differently on my (32bit - if that makes any difference) netbook - it needed a reboot to kick in (expected), and works on the desktop without doing an f5 refresh, and without playing the notify sound either - i prefer it this way, so it's not really a problem.
maybe it's something i tweaked long ago, and have forgotten about
Last edited by mickey megabyte; 30 Apr 2011 at 06:31 PM..
Reason: needed editing
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Are you still getting that error? That error refers to the line below in the VBS file. Double check to make sure that you have the C:\Windows\Media\Notify.wav file at that location. It should be by default in Windows 7.
that error came from having 'uninstalled' wmp a while back - my fault, i forgot to delete the attachment after realising its cause and editing my post the first time - so i modified the script to not play the sound - please ignore the error, nothing to do with blocked-ness.
the strange desktop f5 behaviour still persists though, i'm not complaining. i need to press f5 on my main computer, but not netbook.
System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234 OS ultimate 64 sp1 CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53 Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600 Graphics Card amd hd6950 Sound Card creative x-fi gamer Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii Mouse logitech g3 PSU antec 550 Case antec three hundred Cooling i'm a cooling fan Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext Internet Speed about 4 Mbps Other Info i love win7
Yeah, the script refreshes the last active window in 64-bit when you right click on the desktop instead of the desktop itself, and not in 32-bit for some odd reason. I can't find a way around just having to manually refresh the desktop in 64-bit.
However, it refreshes just fine in a active Windows Explorer window in both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Yeah, the script refreshes the last active window in 64-bit when you right click on the desktop instead of the desktop itself, and not in 32-bit for some odd reason. I can't find a way around just having to manually refresh the desktop in 64-bit.
However, it refreshes just fine in a active Windows Explorer window in both 32-bit and 64-bit.
yes - it was playing havoc with my post as i was testing - had to rewrite it a few times, as my browser was getting refreshed too
System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234 OS ultimate 64 sp1 CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53 Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600 Graphics Card amd hd6950 Sound Card creative x-fi gamer Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii Mouse logitech g3 PSU antec 550 Case antec three hundred Cooling i'm a cooling fan Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext Internet Speed about 4 Mbps Other Info i love win7
I'M GETTING THIS PROBLEM, i followed all steps as written but it shows this dailogbox. this trick toggles the hidden files and folders but i'm getting this annoying dialog box, same is happening in the "show/hide file extensions"
System Manufacturer/Model Number HCL Infosystems Limited/HCL-ME OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel(R) Core 2 Duo P7450 @ 2.13 GHz Memory 4 GB Graphics Card Mobile Intel(R) Series Express Chipset Family Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234 OS ultimate 64 sp1 CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53 Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600 Graphics Card amd hd6950 Sound Card creative x-fi gamer Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii Mouse logitech g3 PSU antec 550 Case antec three hundred Cooling i'm a cooling fan Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext Internet Speed about 4 Mbps Other Info i love win7
System Manufacturer/Model Number HCL Infosystems Limited/HCL-ME OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel(R) Core 2 Duo P7450 @ 2.13 GHz Memory 4 GB Graphics Card Mobile Intel(R) Series Express Chipset Family Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
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OPTION ONE 
- i prefer it this way, so it's not really a problem.
Quote: Originally Posted by Brink 
Context menu to toggle the hidden flag on files and folders? 
