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Cannot view hidden Folders and Files Even When through Folder Options
Hi!
[Please note I have attached a couple of small screenshots for the following problem]
I have a pretty frustrating problem. I seem to have some hidden files and folders which I CANNOT view in the normal way.
Normally, if I have hidden files and folders and I want to reveal them, I do the normal thing and go to
Tools > Folder Options > View
And I check the box "Show hidden files, folders and drives"
However, I have noticed that a lot of my folders are not visible at all, not even the "transparent icon", even with this box checked, and only become available to see when I do a search for them.
For example, I have a folder with piano lessons in it, of ripped dvds and ripped cds, under the same folder "Learn & Master Piano"
All the ripped DVD lessons are visible in this folder, however, there are sub-folders under "Learn and Master Piano" containing the CD's called variously "Play Along CD 1" and "Play Along CD 2" etc. and there are 5 of them.
However, none of these are visible at all when I go into the folder "Learn and Master Piano". What I have to do is go to the search box and do a search for "Play Along CD" to reveal them in explorer.
I only came across this because it appeared incidentally in explorer when I was searching for other things.
This makes me wonder how many other thousands of files and folders I have downloaded or whatever are totally invisible !!
I did do a "hide folders" a few months back when this was a shared computer, but I have had the box for "Show hidden files, folders and drives" checked for a long time now, and have been toggling it trying to show my hidden files and folders for the "Play Along CD" folders, without any success.
Please help !!
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks, and regards,
Carl.