

FIND HIDDEN FILES WINDOWS
This is the small round button with the Windows flag in the lower left corner. Put a checkmark in the checkbox labeled Display the contents of system folders.Press the OK button and shutdown My Computer.Press the Apply button and then the OK button and shutdown My Computer.Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files.Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide file extensions for known file types.Under the Hidden files and folders section select the radio button labeled Show hidden files and folders.Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.Press the Apply button and then the OK button and close the My Computer window.Select the View menu and then click Folder Options.Now your computer is configured to show all hidden files.Press the OK button and close the My Computer window.Scroll down until you see the Show all files radio button and select it.After the new window appears select the View tab.Select the View menu and then click Options.

Close all programs so that you are at your desktop.To enable the viewing of Hidden files follow these steps: In this way you will be able to delete or replaces files for troubleshooting purposes. Unfortunately viruses, spyware, and hijackers often hide there files in this way making it hard to find them and then delete them.īy following the steps below for each version of Windows you will be able to change the operating systems behavior so that you can see hidden and protected files. This is done to protect these files, which are usually system files, from accidentally being modified or deleted by the user. By default Windows hides certain files from being seen with Windows Explorer or My Computer.
