Show Hidden Files and Folders not working?

528 Responses

Ali Mohsin, on May 14, 2007 at 8:37 pm said:

Salaam
how are u and howz ur health kia hoo raha hai bahi
Thankz 4 Hidden Folder Option, aik aur kaam kar deen yaaar yahoo ka Account Delete kar saktaa hain and …
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Sanix, on May 15, 2007 at 1:12 am said:

Ali Mohsin, please don’t pour personal questions here. You may ask them through email.

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Sanix, on May 15, 2007 at 1:27 am said:

Yes, yahoo account can be deleted. This webpage explains everything

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Ali Mohsin, on May 22, 2007 at 8:13 pm said:

ok bahi plz send me Link and tell me how i can delete yahoo and hotmail Account ?
Howz ur health Buddy ?

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Ali Mohsin, on May 22, 2007 at 8:14 pm said:

oh thankz bhi Jaan u r Gr8

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Daman n Adi, on May 26, 2007 at 4:32 am said:

Thanksssssss Bhaiiiiii….
Ur solution worked!!!
U rock !!!
Thnks again

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Sanix, on May 27, 2007 at 5:59 pm said:

Great !! atlast someone got help from my article. Daman n Adi you are always welcome to ask any question related to IT. We will be glad to sort out your problem.

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Omer T. Syed, on May 28, 2007 at 4:14 pm said:

Nice website. Keep up the good work.

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Bapi, on May 30, 2007 at 5:45 am said:

Hi!
I tried doing that. But the problem still remains.
I am able to change the status to “Show hidden files and folders” and apply the changes. But it doesn’t save it.
So next time when I open Folder Option, its again “Do not show hidden files and folders”.

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- hemant, on May 20, 2009 at 1:33 pm said:
  
  same here tell me wht u have done.
  
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  - jashwanth_jassu, on July 25, 2009 at 5:37 pm said:
    
    same here
- DeivA, on September 1, 2009 at 3:13 pm said:
  
  Hi try this process:
  
  1. Go to Start –> Run, then type Regedit
  2. Navigate to the registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHO WALL
  3. Find a key called CheckedValue.
  4. Double Click CheckedValue key and modify it to 1. This is to show all the hidden files.
  
  Now you should be able to view all the hidden files..
  
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  - arif, on September 10, 2009 at 6:16 am said:
    
    hello bro !
    i m sorry 2 inform u but ur method is not working
    i m unable see my hidden folder
    plz help me !!
  - ElicitZA, on September 28, 2009 at 10:52 pm said:
    
    Thanks alot worked perfectly fine! Tip: change your folder options after completing this guid. otherwize its flawless 🙂
  - gayathri.s, on October 3, 2009 at 7:29 am said:
    
    where to find a key called checked value.
  - Rajesh, on October 3, 2009 at 2:06 pm said:
    
    thanku brother
  - ilengo, on October 10, 2009 at 2:47 am said:
    
    wawwww. its working. but in uulltaaaaa. when i select, not show hidden means it shows the files. when i select show hidden means, its diappeared. ahhhhhhhhhhhhha. thank you
  - chandru, on October 11, 2009 at 4:29 pm said:
    
    ok i will try problem solved
    
    Thanks
  - sankalp, on October 18, 2009 at 12:57 am said:
    
    thnx brother, it is working. thnx again
  - sadthik, on October 28, 2009 at 2:05 pm said:
    
    hai really u r genius dear thank u to give me this sollution by
  - MOHAN, on December 1, 2009 at 2:35 pm said:
    
    100% it will work after changed regedit kindly go to file and folder properties and click show all files simple thanks so much
  - Aditi, on December 3, 2009 at 2:07 am said:
    
    HI Dear,
    
    Thanks for the help.
    
    It’s working perfectly.
  - Aamir Khan, on December 7, 2009 at 12:53 pm said:
    
    Hi there,
    
    Thanks for this solutions its worked for me once again thanks.
    you rock dear.
    
    Regards:
    Aamir Khan
  - Harold, on January 4, 2010 at 1:01 pm said:
    
    Thank you DeivA it works
  - Sadi Zaman, on January 4, 2010 at 2:54 pm said:
    
    Thanx a loooooooootttttttttttt…………… DeivA………… worked for me 110%…. 😀
  - Shoaib, on January 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm said:
    
    Thanks Dear..
    
    Its a working, my problem solved.. thanks.
  - sanjay, on January 9, 2010 at 2:44 pm said:
    
    Thank You Friend. Perfectly worked for me.
  - Patrick, on January 19, 2010 at 6:01 am said:
    
    Am i think its just unhide all the hidden files but not the files thath been hidden by a virus bro i try it many times but it doesnt you will use that method if your “show all hidden files” are not working you that method is unchecking the “dont show all hidden file” bro. im using every antivirus that suggested to me by the other site but still nothing change no virus found but all of my files folder in my USB is hidden T_T is to “FORMAT” is only the way to solve this or not? i need other opion backup to my problem………
  - Rajesh ram02, on March 9, 2010 at 4:45 pm said:
    
    ThanQ very much.
    It was an amazing.
    Its Prefect and ultimate solution obviously another solutions also there but it was simple
    Great performance.
    U will rock. Dear
  - Jubirubn Abdulla, on March 11, 2010 at 7:53 am said:
    
    Thanks for your help…..the problem is solved…tanks
  - Divpreet Singh, on April 2, 2010 at 6:57 pm said:
    
    Thakx Dear,, It worked amazingly.
    
    god bless you
  - Vijay Joshi, on April 19, 2010 at 8:48 pm said:
    
    Hi !!!! now i can see my hidden files !!! this tip is helpfull for me !! thanks verymuch
  - Siddhant, on May 4, 2010 at 11:56 am said:
    
    Hey it works!!
    
    Thanx a lot.
  - Muhammad Shabbir, on May 5, 2010 at 12:18 pm said:
    
    dear its working thnx alot
  - kunal khanna, on May 13, 2010 at 1:09 am said:
    
    thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks it is woooooooooooooooorking. it is just one time treatment and next time onwards folder options starts working. thanks again.
  - salman ahmad, on May 15, 2010 at 5:35 pm said:
    
    thanks my problum is solved
  - Harish, on June 16, 2010 at 12:26 pm said:
    
    I am not been able to change the checked value. Its not saving. It stays as 0 even if I change it to 1
  - Jass, on June 17, 2010 at 7:29 pm said:
    
    Its working..! Thank you so much..!
  - ranjan, on August 2, 2010 at 5:48 pm said:
    
    hey
    very nice it a good idea and now i am able to see my all the hidden folder
  - Subhajit, on August 22, 2010 at 8:31 pm said:
    
    Thanks a lot…….
  - ASHARAF MYTHEEN, on September 21, 2010 at 9:36 pm said:
    
    Thankyou verymuch
  - Lisa, on September 23, 2010 at 3:19 pm said:
    
    That works great! Thank you so much!
  - Rakesh kumar Thakur, on October 8, 2010 at 9:29 am said:
    
    Thanks you so much your this process for hidden foleders is really working and i am so happy. so thank you……..
  - sreenu, on December 14, 2010 at 10:56 pm said:
    
    thank u very much its working
  - shobhit, on February 6, 2011 at 9:21 am said:
    
    Yeah……..It works….thanks a lot…. 🙂
  - Nitin, on March 1, 2011 at 3:31 pm said:
    
    Thanks, it worked perfectly
  - john, on March 11, 2011 at 6:44 pm said:
    
    tnks bro
  - Vens, on May 4, 2011 at 7:14 am said:
    
    Thanks, you help me in my problem. It took me an hour of finding solution regarding my problem. Thanks for the procedure you have posted.
  - Georgi, on July 14, 2011 at 11:56 am said:
    
    Thank you man. This solution works fine. After completing this guide you should change the option view hidden files from folder options again.
  - S B, on September 30, 2011 at 1:24 am said:
    
    thans friend its all working now.
  - lakay, on October 4, 2011 at 4:22 pm said:
    
    tnxman
  - Ramses, on October 18, 2011 at 1:21 am said:
    
    tnx bro this helped me alot
  - sam, on November 21, 2011 at 9:16 pm said:
    
    thank you its working, good information
  - vicky khanna, on April 19, 2012 at 12:34 pm said:
    
    thanks for this tip
  - vicky khanna, on April 19, 2012 at 12:37 pm said:
    
    thanks fir this its realy work
  - thomas, on November 26, 2012 at 10:08 pm said:
    
    Thank you very much. It is working nicely
  - Raunaq, on December 25, 2012 at 10:05 am said:
    
    really awesome man the only permanent solution i got for this problem….thanxxxxxxxxxxx a lot deiva..
  - Jaspal Garde, on August 2, 2013 at 7:56 am said:
    
    It worked thank you…
  - sunny, on February 26, 2014 at 12:11 pm said:
    
    this is not working ….cant set setting to show hidden files
  - anmol, on May 7, 2014 at 5:33 pm said:
    
    it was already 1
  - anmol, on May 7, 2014 at 5:38 pm said:
    
    it can not work
    it was already 1
    what will i do
    plz……. help me
Sanix, on May 30, 2007 at 10:49 am said:

You can apply the above registry tweak to show hidden files and folders permanently..

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Khurram, on June 2, 2007 at 6:00 am said:

Hi Sanix, its really good to find out the solution for that problem, thanks n regards, khurram

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- 7i9i, on May 13, 2009 at 9:53 am said:
  
  It’s mainly the presents of Kinza.exe in your computer.
  
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Dj Flush, on June 3, 2007 at 9:15 am said:

The solution really works great. Indeed I am very much delighted to know how the bloggers of Pakistan are emerging. I am a Professional Technology Blogger from Islamabad. I started blogging in 2007 Jan and am more like a professional in this field now. Do check my blog and keep up the good work.

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sharad, on June 4, 2007 at 3:35 pm said:

thanks for the reply but it does not solve the problem.it again goes to do not show files. although i have scanned with th eantivirus.

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GP, on June 7, 2007 at 5:11 am said:

Yes, it works perfectly. Many Thanks and good luck . GP-INDIA

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Amit, on June 7, 2007 at 8:35 am said:

In one of my clien’s XP changes in Registry is also not save and take effect for Hidden folder option. Now What?

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Sanix, on June 7, 2007 at 10:54 pm said:

Thanks Khurram for the compliments, I will try to add more useful content to the blog as soon as I keep getting more spare time from my job.

Dj Flush, your site is really very good. I’ve added it to my feeds reader so that I may check back regularly. Yes it’s really sad to know that not much of the people from Pakistan write technical blogs. But I hope that more people will start blogging once the advantages of blogging become more like “public”.

sharad have you restarted your explorer after applying the registry tweak?

GP, glad to see you happy. Keep visiting.

Amit, have you scanned from viruses and spywares online? If not, please do a virus scan so that all the traces of the infecting virus can be removed and then apply the registry tweak. It should save and immediately take effect.

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Hrishikesh, on June 14, 2007 at 1:46 pm said:

Thank You very much for the Trick, dude. You are GREAT.

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shabahat, on June 17, 2007 at 8:26 am said:

the value gets back to 0 even if you change it to 1

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Sanix, on June 17, 2007 at 3:15 pm said:

shabahat, probably the virus is still there in your system. Try to scan your system using online virus scanner and then see our post about killing the ravmon virus here.

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Zahid Ullah, on June 19, 2007 at 10:48 am said:

The show hidden files and folders isnot working at all. If Iselected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated properly. So here is what I did to restore it back.

I have tried all the possible solutions as prescirbed on this website, but still the problem persists. Now what should I do.

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Qaiser, on June 21, 2007 at 1:01 pm said:

i go in the regedit and did all the setting as u mentioned but hidden folders still not working then i install ravmon.exe but the problem is still there.plz tell me some other solution to unhide my hidden folders.

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tahir, on June 21, 2007 at 1:33 pm said:

my run icon is disable .. its work in save mood but when i typed ther regedit its not working .. so what to do can you solve my problem

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Random Hajile, on June 22, 2007 at 9:08 am said:

If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! 🙂

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- Amit, on May 2, 2009 at 7:57 pm said:
  
  great.
  thanks
  i have many times this problem
  but i can not solve it i think that i have to format my pc
  but your tricks works now thanks
  
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- Akshay.D, on June 2, 2009 at 9:58 pm said:
  
  Great………..
  Thank u very much…….
  
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- tess, on June 5, 2009 at 11:57 pm said:
  
  nice answer it really works
  
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- john, on June 22, 2009 at 1:13 am said:
  
  thanks dude it reallly works…..u r great thanxxxxxxx
  
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- nanda, on June 29, 2009 at 8:42 pm said:
  
  It worked! Thank u!! cheers!
  
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- not working, on July 4, 2009 at 10:15 pm said:
  
  i tried but it automatically changes to 0 and i still have that problem help me with more details plzz
  
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  - koushik, on August 15, 2009 at 2:22 pm said:
    
    download combofix and run it.there is no other way
  - Bogas, on September 7, 2009 at 7:06 pm said:
    
    Do this:
    
    1. Go to command prompt (Dos mode).
    2. Go to the path where your hidden foldors or hidden files are present.
    3. Use the following command now
    attrib -h -s /S /D
    4. Press enter.
  - Bogas, on September 7, 2009 at 7:10 pm said:
    
    Sorry, forgot something ( * ) the command should be
    
    attrib * -h -s /S /D
  - Shafeeque, on December 4, 2010 at 11:33 pm said:
    
    @Bogas hey tonyboy..Ur cmd prompt option worked like heaven!!
    Genius.. Thanks a lot!!
- Nadeem, on July 8, 2009 at 9:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks for this post. It worked very well for me
  
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  - srijan jarial, on August 16, 2009 at 12:40 am said:
    
    combo fix works,,,thanks man..this is da real deal
  - Mait, on December 3, 2009 at 7:42 am said:
    
    Really Great! Thanks.
- Aries, on July 14, 2009 at 4:21 am said:
  
  Thank You very much … it’s working well …and save my day
  
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- Elnaz, on July 23, 2009 at 3:19 pm said:
  
  thanks U , I’ve been searching for the solution alot.
  
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- ankur, on July 31, 2009 at 9:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks a lot
  
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- sayanta, on August 10, 2009 at 4:25 am said:
  
  its working…………….thnx yar
  
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- Manoj, on August 10, 2009 at 6:22 pm said:
  
  Thank U very much for this tips,.
  
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- JEET, on August 11, 2009 at 6:33 am said:
  
  thnxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx bro………it has worked for me……….
  
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- atul, on August 28, 2009 at 7:42 am said:
  
  Thanx !!!!!
  working……100%
  
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- nick, on September 1, 2009 at 1:10 pm said:
  
  thanks.
  it worked
  i hope it wont have any after effects
  
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- swarna, on September 18, 2009 at 5:38 am said:
  
  thanxxxxxxxxxxx a lot……
  
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- rohan, on October 3, 2009 at 12:01 pm said:
  
  Yo… Yo… Yoooo
  
  It worked Dude!!!
  
  Thankxxxxxx
  
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- patrick, on January 28, 2010 at 10:09 am said:
  
  i tried your steps but everytime i changed the value to 1 it turn back to 0 again. do you have another option to this problem. Thank you.
  
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  - Saravanan, on December 11, 2011 at 6:01 pm said:
    
    Navigate to the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advan ced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
    
    Now right click on,and delete the value “CheckedValue” in the right hand window.
    
    Now create a new “DWORD Value” called exactly CheckedValue in the right hand window.
    Double click on CheckedValue.
    In the opening ‘Edit DWORD Value’ box,set the ‘Value data:’ to 1
    
    Press Ok,exit regedit,restart your pc.
    
    Rgds,
    Saravanan.J
- karim, on August 7, 2010 at 5:51 am said:
  
  Thanks a looooooooooooooooooot man
  
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- shashi, on August 30, 2010 at 2:02 pm said:
  
  thanks dude
  i thaugth that i lost every thing but i was able to solve the problem by ur help
  
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- Ramya, on September 25, 2010 at 5:45 pm said:
  
  Really great info…….It worked……thanks…..:-)
  
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- real, on October 11, 2010 at 3:05 pm said:
  
  thanks a lot…..
  
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- sourabh jain, on November 2, 2010 at 1:19 pm said:
  
  thanq a lot …loz
  
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- Riaz Ud Din, on November 23, 2010 at 4:38 pm said:
  
  Thanks alot man this option worked for me.
  
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Sanix, on June 22, 2007 at 11:18 am said:

Thanks Random Hajile for sharing your experiences… People share your experiences so that others can benefit from yours..

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Zahid Ullah, on June 24, 2007 at 8:56 am said:

Dear Random Hajile, I am very thankful to for providing this solution. The problem is solved now. and the folder options are now working now. Now I can see unhide files.
Thank you once agian.

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Ali Malik, on June 24, 2007 at 3:55 pm said:

Random Hajile…Xcellent!!!!…thank u for the insightful and helpful information…all systems are GO!

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Zahid Ullah, on June 24, 2007 at 5:42 pm said:

Hello Dears;
How to disable “Folder Options” in win98. It can be disabled in winxp when to type gpedit.msc in run.

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ExE, on June 24, 2007 at 10:18 pm said:

thanks Sanix & Random Hajile

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Nando, on June 24, 2007 at 10:54 pm said:

Hi!
I have this hidden files problem. I tried you solution but it didn’t work. The hidden files doesn’t appear and, the registry continues with the 0 value, even after I change to 1.

someone has any ideas?

thanks

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Muhammad Rizwan, on June 25, 2007 at 7:11 am said:

Well Thx everybody 4 ur valuable comments and solutionz
it is such a nice and constuctive platform 2 helpout persons all over the world
1c again thx alot

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Muhammad Rizwan, on June 25, 2007 at 7:26 am said:

dear all,
can sum body hep me out now a days i m facing a prob wid my laptop. “it has slowed down alot”, i hav installed 2 antivirus softwares “kaspersky & AVG 7.5” to make my laptop secured from various viruses.
and another prob that i installed 1 softwre called “sony ericcson PC suite” i unintendly uninstall the software through “windows installer cleanup” now its not showing in control pannel but its icon remains on desktop and sumtym ven i start my pc it shows the messge of corruption of software kndy if sum body has any idea then help me out for both of my probs
thx n luking forward

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Lohith, on June 25, 2007 at 1:57 pm said:

Hai,
This is Lohith from india..Actually my laptop was infected with Trojan downloader DLF.LM..Now it is removed..But show hidden files option not working…What ever you suggested i have done but its not working..Please kindly help me in this matter

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Muhammad Abdullah, on June 25, 2007 at 3:54 pm said:

Lohith, probaby your system is infected with any virus.Try to scan your system using online virus scanner and then see our post about killing the ravmon virus here. and download the patch

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Sanix, on June 25, 2007 at 7:43 pm said:

Thanks everybody for taking time to comment here and sharing your valueable experiences. For those who are still in trouble even after the tweaks mentioned in the post, it seems like you people have not scanned your system for viruses and the virus keeps on activating itself after you cancel its effect. So I would recommend a thorough virus scanning of your system before applying the tweaks above.

Muhammad Rizwan, I would recommend you should always use only one antivirus for optimum performance. And secondly, the software you removed has probably not removed itself from the system startup. Go to Run –> msconfig –> startup .. and uncheck the program if it exists to stop it from starting on startup. And the desktop icon will only be a shortcut so it would be safe to delete it.

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Muhammad Rizwan, on June 26, 2007 at 9:19 am said:

thx buddy for ur valuable recommendation.
but wht i m facing is that its not showing in startup and also the desktop icon is not deleted i dun knw y?
well
and u recommend taht i shud keep 1 antivirus ok then ca u recoomend any1 which ca really help me out.

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Muhammad Rizwan, on June 26, 2007 at 10:13 am said:

well i hav got 1 new prob, “task manager” has been disabled by administrator msg is showing ven i press cntrol+alt+del button in order to stop any runnig application+process.
i hav run Lavasoft adaware s/w but its not working, kindly tell me the solution

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ishan, on June 26, 2007 at 1:43 pm said:

absolute solution, keep up the good work.

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Amar, on June 26, 2007 at 8:05 pm said:

Thanks Sanix, the patch worked fine. I have AVG 7.5 that checks for updates daily and does a full system scan after that. Even then, it didn’t detect the virus. I believe that my USB thumb drive is the culprit. Is there any other way in which I can scan my whole PC including my thumb drives? I haven’t used my thumb drives on my PC while and after running the patch.

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Sanix, on June 28, 2007 at 12:08 am said:

Muhammad Rizwan, you can see my latest post about enabling task manager for your solution:

Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

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jss, on June 28, 2007 at 2:16 am said:

Sanix-
thank you thank you for the regedit. Saved me!

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Amorak, on June 28, 2007 at 7:33 am said:

Dear Sanix,

I edited my registry (Hidden through your simple and detailed instructions) twice but my radio button is still stuck on “Do not show files”.

Do you know any other way around it?

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jack, on July 6, 2007 at 8:32 am said:

it worked ravmon virus killer is gr88888888888
thanks a lot

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Anand, on July 6, 2007 at 2:20 pm said:

Hey thanks dude.. your solution was quite helpful… irritating hours of searching and scanning were reduced to a couple of minutes.. yours was the first google search result. thanks a bunch man.
Anand

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jayesh, on July 6, 2007 at 7:07 pm said:

in winXP pack2 in tools menu the ” folder option ” is noty display… help me..

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vivek, on July 10, 2007 at 6:37 pm said:

hi,

thanks for the suggestion.. but it does not work for me…

i did the exact procedure what u said.. but after i change the value to 1 and go to explorer to change the settings to view hidden files and folder, the settings in the registry changes back to 0..

plz help me…

thanks,
vivek

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padmanabha, on July 11, 2007 at 7:10 am said:

I am having trouble with my Windows XP. The show hidden files and folders was not working at all. If i selected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. I had tried on u r suggestion but it is not working again

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Pranay Gohel, on July 11, 2007 at 11:58 am said:

Hi there,
I m facing the saem problem & I tried your solution but it din’t workout. Do you’ve any other option ? pls let me know.
thanks..

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amit kumar gupta, on July 12, 2007 at 10:19 am said:

Dear Concern,

I have done your excersize but my problem has not be resolve kindly assist me if passible kindly provide me your no also.

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ajmal, on July 13, 2007 at 2:47 am said:

thank

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David, on July 13, 2007 at 5:54 am said:

In fact I have another Problem. I did in the past choose to hide some files, and now the option allowing me to uncheck the “Hidden” can’t be clicked anymore! Anyone know what I can do about this?

Regards to all

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ravi, on July 14, 2007 at 11:03 am said:

Thanks a lot for your post…

the solution worked .. hurray[:)]

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gbert, on July 15, 2007 at 1:19 pm said:

Just Add This to your Registry to fix it

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30499”
“Type”=”group”
“Bitmap”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\
48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
00
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51131”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30501”
“Type”=”radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000002
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51104”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30500”
“Type”=”radio”
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51105”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000001

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- kajal, on September 15, 2009 at 2:26 pm said:
  
  hi
  few days ago, i m install folder hide sw $ hide a folder . after it , i install new window without unhide folder from folder hide sw . folder become hide in new window . i want unhide this folder plzzzzzz… help me
  
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prakash, on July 16, 2007 at 12:06 pm said:

Hi all,

i had installed a mcafee anti virus software few weeks back, due to some problem i was unable to uninstall it properly. So myself i have removed it manually.

Now i am unable to use mcafee with full function. Even unable to install it completly.

any solution for this?

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prakash, on July 16, 2007 at 12:28 pm said:

Hi everybody

i too have this show hidden files problem.
i have tried everything. when i change hidden value in registry. radio buttons of show hidden files and do not show files are unselected. After changing registry value, If i click show hidden files and click apply, It goes back to the default “Do not show”. changes would just disappear.

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gbert, on July 16, 2007 at 12:42 pm said:

uhmmmmmmmmm………Try removing the virus(or what so ever that’s interfering with your registry) before doing any registry modification

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prakash, on July 17, 2007 at 9:12 am said:

Hi all,

Please help me out from this.

i had installed a mcafee anti virus software few weeks back, due to some problem i was unable to uninstall it properly. So myself i have removed it manually.

Now i am unable to use mcafee with full function. Even unable to install it completly.

any solution for this?

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Angel - Ahmed ---> l8l_Angel_l8l@yahoo.com, on July 19, 2007 at 8:28 am said:

Hi All i come here today coz i was have abad proplem And i Find teh solution here posted by Random Hajile i cant go without say thx alot for your hep …

i wanna say somthing for all that kasper sky and avg is not the best antiviruses there is McAfee 8.5 + Anti SpyWare i used It Right Now It’s Really Good But You Have To Download the last update to see that it’s the best One .. Alot Of Kiss For All

For Contacting ===> l8l_Angel_l8l@yahoo.com <=== i am ready to help any one thanx all 😡

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asif, on July 20, 2007 at 5:46 pm said:

hi. i tried above solution but if i restart my computer the again not able to see hidden file …pls if can help me

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asif, on July 20, 2007 at 5:49 pm said:

hi.. i tried ur solutio on “not albe to show hidden file ” but if i restart my computer it again return to intial condition…pls help me

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Zahid Ullah, on July 22, 2007 at 11:16 am said:

Dear friends;

I have 2 questions from you:

(1): I deleted the entire folder of the Acrobat 8.o from my computer. In normal way, It could not unintalled so I deleted all the files associated with Acrobat 8.0. It is still present from Add/remove programs. The problem is, when I clik on the right button of mouse on any file/folder, windows intaller opens and searching for the Acrobat 8.0. How to fix this problem.

(2): How to change the drive letter of a drive/cd-drive.and also to change the name of the CD-Drive.

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Jeeva, on July 22, 2007 at 1:36 pm said:

That was awesome. Thanks for the solution 🙂

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Ilyas, on July 22, 2007 at 5:04 pm said:

Thanks for the information. Now I am able to see hidden folders.
Thanks
Ilyas

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Alejandro, on July 28, 2007 at 2:30 am said:

Thanks alot Random Hajile, really appreciate your help.

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Ajay, on July 29, 2007 at 8:01 am said:

Thanks this works

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jagdish, on July 30, 2007 at 10:22 am said:

its not working
wat to do now
pls help
its urgent

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Saquib Haider, on July 31, 2007 at 6:02 am said:

Hey friends, gud to see urdu being used on a forum 🙂

yaar i have the same problem that u just gave the solution for..that is hidden files option not working..i tried searching for the “hidden” key in the registry but i couldn’t find it..the virus must have deleted it..please help..i even tried creating one key by that name but it does not work.

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Dr-Hack, on July 31, 2007 at 3:41 pm said:

Hah !!! Stupid RAVMON .. left its aftereffects on my PC

..
Nice to see someone of my own country to be helping out ..

TC

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jun, on August 2, 2007 at 3:46 pm said:

Still not working. Can you help me

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priyamaalini, on August 5, 2007 at 3:01 am said:

works and thanks a lot . solved my problem

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Bob, on August 8, 2007 at 11:15 am said:

Not sure where to put this but my computer is loaded with viruses trojans etc. Even after trying out that reg edit thing it still wont show. Tried anti viruses none of them seem to work. The virus i was trying to delete has a hidden folders in C: drive but as i cant show them I can’t delete them. Other side effets of the virus/s are unable to defrag, when I double click on CL drive it comes up the open with: window. Also occasionaly when I open task manager every time I move my cursor onto it it disapears. When I right click on C: and D: drive strange little symbols are up the top. These vaguely resemble 2Y.A Any help appreciated.

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sachin, on August 9, 2007 at 11:54 am said:

thank sir for getting my problem solved

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CRis, on August 10, 2007 at 4:06 am said:

help me Help me
how to get “Hide protected operating system files” back if it missing.
I must check it because there is a autorun.inf in C drive. But “Hide protected operating system files” missing so I can’t view it.

Help me!

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жтяξмэ, on August 10, 2007 at 7:41 am said:

hi,
Some really good articles at your blog….!! Congrats..
This msg is to ask you wether or not i can use your articles at my website (www.freedownloadsnlinks.co.nr) ???
Looking forward to a positive response…
Thankx

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aj.astron, on August 12, 2007 at 5:52 pm said:

Thanks Random Hajile..ur suggestion worked!!
cheers!!

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tarun songra, on August 12, 2007 at 8:51 pm said:

thanks Random Hajile
your solution worked….
thanks a lot…

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mohammed, on August 15, 2007 at 3:40 am said:

thannnnnnnnnks inta 3abkary

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Amar, on August 17, 2007 at 12:15 pm said:

it’s not working in my case. i’ve changed value to “1” three times, but when i tried to see the view hidden files… the value in registry automatically changed to “2”.

bhai, pls. help me. i am fed up!..

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200grade, on August 19, 2007 at 3:44 am said:

thank you very much!

this worked perfectly! hope you won’t get tired of helping out other people, again, thank you so much!

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meditation, on August 19, 2007 at 8:08 am said:

I tried the registry tweak… but its still not working…

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sandeep, on August 20, 2007 at 1:01 pm said:

thank u very much

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DEVMUNI, on August 21, 2007 at 2:47 pm said:

hi,
thanks for your advise, but problem is steel pending, i am trying to solve this problem than i will inform all of you.

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hari, on August 21, 2007 at 3:58 pm said:

don’t u have any other methods .. it didn’t work in my PC

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Ax, on August 21, 2007 at 10:44 pm said:

Dear Random Hajile, thx bro. Now i can delete all those hidden folders i created to check!! Ur a lifesaver.

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javad, on August 22, 2007 at 7:12 pm said:

salam
really i’m thank you for helping me.
🙂 🙂

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javad rezvani, on August 22, 2007 at 8:43 pm said:

🙂 🙂 🙂 hello dear friends 🙂 🙂 🙂
in my computer,user Accounts’s name is different from welcoming screen!!!
what must i do?

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Jayatheerthan, on August 23, 2007 at 3:55 am said:

Dear Sir,

thank u very much.. now i can able to c all the folders at my drive..

Have a g8 day,

S.Jayatheerthan

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Capablanca, on August 23, 2007 at 11:45 am said:

Thanks, that worked.

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Nazim, on August 25, 2007 at 8:01 pm said:

Just a one word to describe ya ………. Superb

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Drazan, on August 27, 2007 at 3:24 pm said:

Thank You guys a lot, you solved a big problem ….

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Frank, on August 29, 2007 at 12:16 pm said:

Thanks a ton dude. It cracked it. Lobely

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sandesh, on August 29, 2007 at 2:15 pm said:

thank u dude but we should change the setting always dude…… plz find out tell?

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BlueFairy, on August 29, 2007 at 3:22 pm said:

hi all
can any one help me here.
i want to se hidden files.in my VIEW tab in Folder options, I cannot find the “hidden files and folder” option. can any one dig their head for me,
thanks
Shaz

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Deepak, on August 30, 2007 at 5:35 am said:

It’s a very good advice for all the people who are facing this problem.

Thanks for this solution.
Deepak

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Ezzat Muhammad, on August 30, 2007 at 7:33 pm said:

dear all
my be we need any windows utilities or program or anti virus which is fixing all these problem any body have this program or solve thanks by

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yaz, on September 2, 2007 at 8:12 pm said:

it didnt work iguess its some kind of a virus that should be removed

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Muhammad Junaid, on September 3, 2007 at 2:18 pm said:

thanks Muhammad Abdullah,

I got the folders options error which is now corrected by your help.. thanks…

Allah Hafiz

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Daniel, on September 5, 2007 at 6:56 pm said:

One of my users had the exact same issue.
But in his case the registry values (both CheckedValue for NOHIDDEN and SHOWALL) kept reverting to 0 (zero).
I used RegMon and observed that every couple of seconds EXPLORER.EXE is setting the CheckedValue to 0 (zero).
Using ProcessExplorer I suspended the process EXPLORER.EXE and the updates stopped – I was able to change the value to 1 and it remained 1 after several refreshes with F5.
But with this process suspended the system was unusable, so I resumed it and the updates to 0 started again.
I used HijackThis and found an Autorun entry for C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AVPO.EXE which turned to be part of a malware – Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.blt
I was unable to see if the file still exists (maybe it’s hidden).
He had SAV 10 running but the definitions were more than an year old (6/30/2006) and LiveUpdate completed successfully but didn’t change the date.
I tried several anti-rootkit tools but the only useful one was Rootkit Hook Analyzer – it told me that there are 18 hooks and 3 of them were by WINCAB.SYS which is another malware AKA Infostealer.Perfwo.B
In Command Prompt I searched for -R-H-S files in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ and it found the following 3 files:
AVPO.EXE
AVPO0.DLL
AVPO1.DLL
I was able to change their attributes and delete the .EXE files.
So, I used Unlocker and was able to delete the 2 DLLs.
Rebooted the laptop and tested – now the setting in Folder Options stays and everything is back to normal.

So, it was one interesting case – I hope it might help you too…

Daniel

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krishna, on September 6, 2007 at 3:32 am said:

it is the unique solution for this problem. and it worked perfectly for me.try this urself.

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emalik, on September 6, 2007 at 12:53 pm said:

Hi Sanix, Thanks for such a nice post…This really help lot of people there and also me….Keep it up

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sopan Patel, on September 10, 2007 at 9:01 am said:

Yes

i solved my problem to change reg vaule

Change registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
CheckedValue set to 1

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- arsh, on August 15, 2009 at 3:35 pm said:
  
  plz help me my ie is corrupted the version was 6
  i updated the explorer but nothing happened
  the problem is when i write the website name on the address bar(www.google.com) it keeps on searching and searching and nothing opens even no failure message
  vat should i do
  plz help me
  
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Imran, on September 11, 2007 at 2:30 pm said:

thank u very much dear. it really worked by changing the registry key.

regards,

imran hashmi
jeddah – saudi arabia

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Ariel, on September 11, 2007 at 4:57 pm said:

Greetings. This tip has helped me really a lot, i was facing this issue for a couple days, i think the problem was due to a virus infection. I got rid of it with AVG free.
Thanks a lot for your time and kindness.

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keshav, on September 11, 2007 at 5:53 pm said:

Booss it was really fentastic, would not even required to restart my machine. Thanks a lot. God bless

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oz, on September 11, 2007 at 10:20 pm said:

Thanks man ….. thanks

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muneer, on September 11, 2007 at 10:39 pm said:

in folder option dialog box cannot find “hide operating system files

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muneer, on September 11, 2007 at 10:41 pm said:

in folder option dialog box cannot find “hide protected operating system files”

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Abdul Basit, on September 12, 2007 at 11:07 am said:

This work great, i really appreciate it. thank you for hard work that made life easy for everyone..

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rameson, on September 12, 2007 at 6:24 pm said:

hidden files option not working..i tried searching for the “hidden” key in the registry but i couldn’t find it..the virus must have deleted it..please help..

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Tareq Zeyad, on September 13, 2007 at 11:16 am said:

i still have the same problem … and it seems the same virus is back …. or its not deleted using your solution … so please help .. help …. thanks

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Kai Wang, on September 15, 2007 at 1:47 am said:

My computer is attacked by virus. I manually removed them use autoruns. But I could not delete the hidden files. Your solution let me find the hidden files and deleted them. Now the virus seems to be removed. Thanks

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Shah Atherr Alam, on September 17, 2007 at 5:56 am said:

Bingo!!
Great work Sanix
Bravo!

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Gaurav, on September 20, 2007 at 7:25 am said:

hello
i really appricated work done by you in regarding to show the hidden files. but i am sorry to say that i does not make any effect on my system. still problem is same, hidden files are not showing again. i would appriciate your feedback if you can provide me the option so i can fix my problem.
thanking you

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Rachel, on September 20, 2007 at 2:19 pm said:

Didn’t work for me.

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abdul rauf, on September 21, 2007 at 10:42 am said:

i have problem with my hard drive when i open my computer and right click in drive letter they show unknown text format and i dont understand what can i do

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Sanix, on September 21, 2007 at 7:37 pm said:

abdul rauf, you can download ravmon virus killer to remove the unknown text format.

Ravmon Virus Killer Patch

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shankar, on September 21, 2007 at 7:52 pm said:

thanxxxx a lot…….had problems with hidden folders…..not anymore…………the software cleared all the problems…

thanxxx a lot for the software

‘ll be looking up to this site a lot from now onwards……..

so keep up the good work

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Vikram, on September 23, 2007 at 5:46 am said:

Thanx Sanix & Random Hajile. It Worked in my PC. Now i can see my hidden files. Thnx a Lot. And keep doing such posts. 🙂

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rams, on September 23, 2007 at 7:51 pm said:

iam very much greatfull to you.
your logic is working fine.
thanx a lot dear.

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DAD, on September 24, 2007 at 4:49 am said:

Thanks Random Hajile

I already ad dword, but it had a value of “0”, so I changed it to “1” and voile!

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Tanveer khan, on September 24, 2007 at 7:46 am said:

Its really work i solved my problem to change reg vaule
Thank You

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g.k.balaganesh, on September 26, 2007 at 9:59 am said:

my PC is affected by virus.

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Jitendra Kumar, on September 26, 2007 at 12:38 pm said:

Its very Good. Can be remove All Program icon form start menu? if yes then how we can do it?

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Gio, on September 27, 2007 at 9:02 am said:

Comments number 24… your the man!!!! thank you for your very helpful comments…God Bless

Giovanni Candelaria

Philippines

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Faheem, on September 27, 2007 at 10:50 pm said:

Hy itz faheem here from pakistan, karachi I would definetily like to say some thing about the unhide scripts.

itz really bigg chutyapa just like you guys.

Thanks and regards

Note:- please send me your commnets about ma comment.

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Shahab, on September 27, 2007 at 10:58 pm said:

Thank you
Its working but again reverting back to old condition

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Gaurav, on September 28, 2007 at 12:42 pm said:

My problem is defferent, SHOWALL\CheckedValue in registry is set to 1, but still it show no hidden file option as checked.

can any one help me.

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Sanix, on September 28, 2007 at 2:24 pm said:

Gaurav, please download ravmon virus killer and reset your Windows default settings by running it.

Ravmon Virus Killer Patch

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jkreddy, on September 29, 2007 at 11:14 pm said:

thank u boss…………!

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Razi, on October 9, 2007 at 12:14 pm said:

even its not working please help me!!

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godfather, on October 9, 2007 at 11:28 pm said:

thx man !!!!! it works for me

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Sherif, on October 10, 2007 at 11:01 am said:

thanks ravmon removal tool helped me a lot

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Yosi, on October 13, 2007 at 2:17 am said:

Many Many Thank to all of you! I had so many problems with my PC… It was infected by fun.xls.exe and this show hidden files problem came up! So i changed the registry… Now it’s working! Thx again guys…!

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rezaei, on October 14, 2007 at 7:38 pm said:

i have the same problem, i had this event, i insert a flash memory then
to open the default option is one called “auto” if i do doble click it
makes the svohost.exe reapear, maybe its linked to the showing hidden
files problem, i have tried everything to fix it, the svohost.exe its
gone but still no show hidden files

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rezaei, on October 14, 2007 at 7:43 pm said:

I am unable to set “show hidden files and folders”.
I am running XP Professional SP 2. Dell 1GHz Pentium system.

When I go to file option, click view, then click the button:
[x] show hidden files and folders, click apply, click OK.

Than, when I click file option, view, again,
the same button has been remove and enable the button – “Do not show hidden
files and options”.

What did I do wrong? Is there something else I did not do?

Thank you.

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ebo, on October 14, 2007 at 10:29 pm said:

thank you very much!! im going to try it.. i hope it will work…

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jk, on October 15, 2007 at 8:54 pm said:

sir,
actually my problem was solved by using ramvon antivirus………but now it’s showing a different kind of error………just after running the ramvon tool ……..the hidden value again changes to 2(hexadecimal)……….if i click on the radio button of “show hidden folders” and then apply………….nothing happens……..just after closing the folder option window the ” do not show hidden folder is auto matically selected……..i am not able to see my any of the hidden folder…….

PLZ HELP ME!!!!!!!

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Benjamin, on October 17, 2007 at 2:48 am said:

Random Hajile you are a legend

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problemchild, on October 18, 2007 at 2:55 pm said:

Hi Techs,
Thanksindeed, it worked…. i unfortunately used some crap software to lock the folder….. need to uninstall it
thanks onceagain….

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Rizwan, on October 19, 2007 at 5:39 pm said:

Hi All,
I have very worst problem of “JUNK MAIL”. I have unsubscribed many times from their mailing lists but they keep on sending me that mails. I want to override this all. From this page i have learned that E-mail account can be terminated. and now i need ur help on this.
Would any body (Especially Sanix) please advise
1) Is it possible to re-create the e-mail account with your old ID you terminated.
2) and if I terminate my account for a month of 2, will the “Junk Mail” stop to come my account.
I mean if i terminate my account, would it b possibel for me to re-create my account with the same old ID and would my e-mail account be deleted from all “junk mail” lists.

If there is any other solution please advise.
Many thnx for your kind help.
Regards,
Rizwan

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Biju, on October 19, 2007 at 6:56 pm said:

Hey, this worked beautifully…thanks a lot!

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GiangMJ, on October 24, 2007 at 11:15 am said:

Thanks Random Hajile, I’ve been looking for this for too long.

Quote by Random:

>>If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:

>>1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
>>2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
>>3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
>>4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
>>5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
>>6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!

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hareesh, on October 25, 2007 at 8:57 am said:

when i run regedit in run box its showing popup as registry editig has been disabled by administrator.

and even i cont see the folder options in my system

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Vivek Gupta, on October 26, 2007 at 2:18 pm said:

HI there,

I worked teh same way you told it is working quite well but now teh problem is when i again select do not show hidden files the problem again arises I again have to do it in the same way you told… Can you tell me why this happens, thanks again

Have a great day..

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Selvakumar, on October 26, 2007 at 11:34 pm said:

Thanks a lot.. i helped me in recovering files..

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ramesh, on October 27, 2007 at 2:33 pm said:

ii

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mahesh, on October 27, 2007 at 10:41 pm said:

the problem is hide folder not working

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sajith, on October 29, 2007 at 12:58 pm said:

Thanks man
the registry modification worked

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Irfan ullah, on October 29, 2007 at 3:01 pm said:

Great ! It solved My problem. TNX

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ganesh rajan, on November 1, 2007 at 8:43 am said:

Excellent posts. Adding those 3 registry entries solved my problem. Now am able to see my hidden files. Thank you.

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Deep_Rock, on November 1, 2007 at 10:50 pm said:

Whenever opening the c drive, d drive it is asking for the program to open, even not able to browse any partition, I have unhide the OS files not able to find any ini file>>>>>>>>>>Please help musta be a virus.

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Hash, on November 2, 2007 at 3:23 pm said:

Hey dude, currently I’m facing a problem, and I’ve tried to use the solutions shows above and other solutions that post …It doesn’t solve my problem here. I’m so sure it’s come from my USB thumb drive. Yet, it infected my computer with some symptons similar as ravmon, just the different is..

I still couldn’t show hidden files, I’ve tried to change the value data to 1 in the Hidden registry, yet..it will automatically switch back to 2 or 0.

Then, bout the drive, whenever I double click on any drive, it will pop up with a new explorer.

In Control Panel -> add and remove files section, it just display alphabet A’s application then the rest was likely blank but yet i can see the space there..means I scroll til the end but showing nothing there..

Can anyone please help me to solve this and I not sure what’s the virus actually. But it’s the same.I can see an auto.inf and a .exe files within my thumb drive at the first time i plug in, then it gone and i couldn show the hidden files anymore. Please Help and Thanks.

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S.VAIDYANATHAN, on November 4, 2007 at 10:20 am said:

Its very good, Thank u !!

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KAKA, on November 4, 2007 at 10:52 am said:

Thanks Hajile

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vikram, on November 5, 2007 at 11:41 am said:

Works like a charm!! – thank you!

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Sukanta Jena, on November 6, 2007 at 3:50 pm said:

Thanks a lot I got my problem solved after changing the registry value in my machine.Thanks again.

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Rashid Aziz, on November 8, 2007 at 12:50 pm said:

Dear
in my PC “show hidden files options dosn’t work” as u told the procedure go to registry edit n change the value to 1. i check the value that was 2 and i changed it to 1 but when i click Ok button the value will go again to 2. i run revmon removal tool also but it doesnt work. when i click on remove virus from harddisk a windows suddenly appears and tell me ur computer have no revmon virus or clean already.plz help me and reply me at my email which i mentioned above.
Rashid Aziz

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od3n, on November 8, 2007 at 4:45 pm said:

using ravmone virus removal tool 3.2, click restore windows default settings. it should works.

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Vinod C, on November 8, 2007 at 7:53 pm said:

OMG thanks so much.. this appears to be affecting South Asian computer networks the most.. not sure why. But the reg edit worked. 😀 Thanks 😉

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Vinod C, on November 8, 2007 at 8:02 pm said:

And almost forgot to mention: Thanks to GiangMJ for his comment on how to make the Radio Button work again: https://technodigits.wordpress.com/2007/05/13/show-hidden-files-and-folders-not-working/#comment-1993

Worked like a charm. 🙂

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tigerCRO, on November 11, 2007 at 3:47 am said:

succesfuly unlocked registry used your tweaks but problem with “show hidden folders” still exsists.now don t know what else to do(have tried everything from this post) win VISTA ULTIMATE X86 running any ideas?

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G.Venitus, on November 11, 2007 at 3:52 pm said:

hi
i tried your removal tool
its worked
thank you

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od3n, on November 11, 2007 at 7:09 pm said:

@tigetCro using ravmone virus removal tool 3.2, click restore windows default settings. it should works.

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tigerCRO, on November 12, 2007 at 2:02 pm said:

thanx od3n but it didn t work on vista(maybe is this tweak xp only).didn t have ravmon virus on my system(according to AVAST,SPYBOT S&D,AD AWARE and RAVMON REMOVAL tool).dont want to format disk,options?

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tigerCRO, on November 12, 2007 at 2:09 pm said:

as i said,didnt have RAVMON,but there was win32:rontokbrl2,win32:rjump,win32:trojan.gen.

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tigerCRO, on November 12, 2007 at 2:21 pm said:

yeah i did it,thanx sanix.bless yos

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ashish, on November 14, 2007 at 10:32 am said:

hi… there is virus name autorun.inf its 1 kb file it is created in each drive. it gets deleted after 2 secs it is again created … more over hidden files are not working when i click on the show hidden files option and then apply it it doesnt happen it agin goes to dont show hidden files can u help me ….

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Art, on November 14, 2007 at 12:25 pm said:

Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:

If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! 🙂

AWESOME THIS WORKED! THE ORIGINAL POST DID NO GOOD FOR MY COMP, KEPT DEFAULTING BACK TO DO NOT SHOW HIDDEN BLAH BLAH BLAH!

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- jashwanth_jassu, on July 25, 2009 at 6:17 pm said:
  
  thank q Random Hajile really u r great……….u have done a good job by helping us
  
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Junaid, on November 14, 2007 at 10:22 pm said:

hello Sanix,
1st of all thankz! because of u i have been able to solve my folder option problem……which previously was not appearing but now its all good. i mean its appearing now.
but now i hve 1 more prblm n hpe to receive ur help. the prblm is : After selecting the “Show Hidden Files and Folders” option. It automatically again goes to “Do not show hidden files and folders”.
I have already gone through ur process but unfortunately that is not working. I have also gone through the post and tried but again all in Vain.
I also tried the ramvon tool option that also didnt work.
i also tried to change the hidden option in the registry but that is also not working i mean i change it to 1 but it automatically becomes 2(hexadecimal). I dunno whats wrong.
Can u please help me out Sanix……. i will b very thankfull to u…. hpe to get ur reply soon….

Please help me!

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Sanix, on November 16, 2007 at 6:16 pm said:

Junaid, please scan your computer with an uptodate antivirus. Looks like you’re having a virus that’s not being removed. Without it being removed, you’ll not be able to restore your default settings. After the scan you can restore the settings with Ravmon Virus Killer.
Please see some of the online virus scanners here:

Free Online Virus Scanners

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K.G., on November 17, 2007 at 7:18 pm said:

Hey, I tried fixing the “show hidden files and folders” problem, I’m using XP and your solution did not work. Even ifI use the “apply to all folders” function. When I run through the whole regedit process, I find out that the value has been changed from 1 to 0. What could be the problem? Thanks for all your help by the way

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michika, on November 19, 2007 at 2:23 pm said:

i have problem about virus rvhost.exe.i use the bitdefender scan online but cannot detect because virus rvhost.exe hidden the folders..how to remove the rvhost.exe..

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ayya, on November 19, 2007 at 10:15 pm said:

its worked

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Perry Mensah, on November 20, 2007 at 2:10 pm said:

GBERT’s Solution worked for me.

Thank you all for your contributions.
Its good to share idea’s

Perry.

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anshul, on November 25, 2007 at 10:01 am said:

hey thanx a lot dude……

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Raju, on November 29, 2007 at 4:47 pm said:

It Worked but again it come to its previous state …
Means it get hidden again.

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rohit, on December 1, 2007 at 6:42 pm said:

dude the thing works man it helped me kill teh damn thing man i just love teh solution it helped save the day tahnsk a lot man thanks a lot

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kumar, on December 2, 2007 at 6:39 am said:

show my hidden folders was not working so i have done as it is said with the registry editor but when i hide my files and wanted to see them the problem shows up again……

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kiti, on December 2, 2007 at 7:59 pm said:

hai
my problem is that i can’t see my hidden files
and if i click the option ‘show all hidden files’ after clicking ok .it is unable to view hidden files . and when done to do the same ..
the radio button will be agin in ‘don,t show hidden files ‘ what shall i do.

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Rizwan, on December 3, 2007 at 3:59 pm said:

u did a fine job sanix. i have applied ur tip and recovered my problem of not showing hidden files. thanks a lot.

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paersh, on December 3, 2007 at 11:44 pm said:

show hidden files and folders not save

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.

i am trying this but it cant work this problem is because of virus which creat folder in c:\heap41
and creat the systry icon ‘H’ and ask system startup
that same script is created my friend told me that
this is W32.Silllyban.A viru

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Shane, on December 4, 2007 at 12:46 am said:

I am working on a coputer that had some virus (jbhook.dll). I have removed it and performed several scans with online (bitdefender, panda activescan, etc) scanners and adaware and they were all run in safe mode and all say everything is fine. However in Folder Options -> View -> Hidden files and folders, both options are always checked (“do not show” and “show”). If I select one only one will be selected and if I go back both are selected again. So I look in the registry at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced and There are two instances of “Hidden” one is set to “2” and the other set to “1”. If I delete the one set to “2” it stays that way until I go back in toe Folder Options -> View. Then the “Hidden=2” is back in the registry. The “Hidden=1” is left in there though. Also, The value of “Superhidden” is also always changed at the same time. Any ideas?

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Khurram, on December 6, 2007 at 10:33 pm said:

Asalamoalikum
well i m getting a problem with my folder hidden option..when ever i click on “show hidden files and folders” and then click on ok it refreshes my internet brower and dont show me any hidden files.can u plz help me out of this ?

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dr. kill, on December 9, 2007 at 10:36 pm said:

thanx buddy,,,

your solution worked ,,
could you do me a favour ,, can you send me some links by which i could learn hacking, i l be grateful to you.

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Ashish, on December 10, 2007 at 5:50 pm said:

Thanks a lot …… IT WORKED !!

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Ghazal, on December 11, 2007 at 1:47 pm said:

Thank u soooo much u solved my prb thanx alot

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awyes, on December 11, 2007 at 4:25 pm said:

hi! i have did according to ur above given lines. but no change have been seen yet. the problem which i actually have is that all the folders in my pc is showing 180 kb in size & it becomes .exe file… i should i do help please

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andy, on December 11, 2007 at 6:35 pm said:

Thanksssssss
Ur solution worked!!!
U rock !!!
Thnks again

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chola, on December 13, 2007 at 4:35 pm said:

well. i think MY registry keeps gettin changed coz ryt after changing to “1”. STILL my hidden files are hidden and the option (TOOLS>FOLDER OPTIONS>VIEWS) is still on DO NOT SHOW!! please help. virus maybe?

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fawi, on December 13, 2007 at 7:07 pm said:

i tried the above given method but nothing happend plz relpy me! the problem is still at its place 😦

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sajan, on December 14, 2007 at 11:37 am said:

Hi!
I have this hidden files problem. I tried you solution but it didn’t work. The hidden files doesn’t appear and, the registry continues with the 2 value, even after I change to 1.

thanks

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prithvi, on December 15, 2007 at 6:30 am said:

thanx a lot pal,,, ur suggestions really worked.

Now i can see all my hidden files and folders.

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Abdul Azeem, on December 15, 2007 at 5:22 pm said:

HI there,
Your reg edit did work..
I have another problem here. there is some sort of virus in my system and in my flash disk. first of all it disabled my ability to view the hidden files.. 2ndly it is producing some files with $tml$ sort of extensions. my macafee 10 is catching these files as PUPs but unable to delete them.. please guide me how to do..
regards,
AAZEEM
0092-321-9465461

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- arsh, on August 15, 2009 at 3:38 pm said:
  
  use the eset smart security 4.0.437.0
  its great and vl solve ur problem
  
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mavis, on December 16, 2007 at 2:23 pm said:

hi sanix,

thanks a lot for this tip. i had struggling with this issue since past few weeks. i tried system restore. but it didn’t help. in fact my laptop is hp with xp preinstalled and didn’t come with a recovery disk. so pathetic.

now my hidden files are showing up. but if this was caused by some virus. i’ll have to work towards removing it.

thanks once again.
regards =)

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FEISAL, on December 16, 2007 at 6:45 pm said:

OMG THANKS FOR THE HELP. IT WORKED WONDERS.

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NaMmOoR, on December 17, 2007 at 1:21 pm said:

” Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:

If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! 🙂 ”

i got only one problem when i reach Advanced i cant find the “CheckedValue” KEY at all.. so am i in the righ place or what???

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VijayD, on December 18, 2007 at 2:39 pm said:

I am having Same problem, actually in my XP’s registry CheckedValue DWORD is already 1 and I am not able to select ‘Show Hidden Files Option’

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preity, on December 20, 2007 at 12:21 pm said:

nothing happened by changing the value to 1 in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

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preity, on December 20, 2007 at 12:22 pm said:

nothing happened when i changed the value to 1 in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

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- arsh, on August 15, 2009 at 3:40 pm said:
  
  plz see the location
  its
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
  Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
  folder\hidden\show all and now do the upper trick
  
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Golden Sparrow, on December 22, 2007 at 12:07 am said:

That was cool dude, whoever posted it. My friend was telling me it was a variant of the win32 virus and that it could not be fixed without a full OS reinstallation. I’m doubtful about the former, but now i know the latter isn’t true. Keep up the good work!!

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Vinayak, on December 23, 2007 at 5:27 pm said:

Hi..The thing worked and all the hidden files are visible now…But after again restoring the HIDDEN value to “0 ” i can see anythin and the folder options to see hiden files …so if u can also help for this then i would have been very gratefull to u..thanks

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Anuuj, on December 24, 2007 at 7:46 pm said:

On my Laptop i cant work with check SHOW HIDDEN FILES & FOLDERS, when i did its directly checked out DNT SHOW HIDDEN FILES & FOLDEERS automatically…
Plz help me..
I will b vry thnksful to You

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zam4sam, on December 25, 2007 at 1:31 pm said:

hi dear i try to follow these steps
value even change to 1 its not working
i import registry from an other computer which is working normally
its shows all hidden files but after few minutes its turn back to same state so how to solve this

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YDLEE, on December 25, 2007 at 7:41 pm said:

Hi…
For those who experiencing the registry values (CheckedValue for SHOWALL) kept reverting to 0 (zero), try out this link
http://www.filination.com/tech/2007/11/29/kill-kavo-the-ntdelect-worm-trojan-removal-tool-patch/
.

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abdulsab, on December 26, 2007 at 1:46 am said:

hi…
i tried all these stuff still my hidden files are not appearing and even i clich show hidden files option it is cming back to same problem
plz help me to solve this problem

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Aqwa Ahmad, on December 26, 2007 at 3:20 pm said:

Tnx allot it work with me.

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sweety, on December 26, 2007 at 5:27 pm said:

thnx a lot,i got the solution and it worked.now i dont hav a prblm with show hidden files and folders

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rahul, on December 27, 2007 at 11:08 am said:

i have tried this procedure but still the problem is persisting

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vineeth, on December 27, 2007 at 7:38 pm said:

thanks for the information. but the hidden key is not there. what can i do?. please give me a solution.i created the hidden key and setted the value as 1 but no ; it is not working after restart.

thanks in advance.

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vineeth, on December 27, 2007 at 7:39 pm said:

i have one more doubt. in my system one virus is there ” Music.exe” how to remove that?

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Walker, on December 27, 2007 at 9:50 pm said:

Did not work. Problem still remains

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dipak, on December 27, 2007 at 10:33 pm said:

hi it worked thanks 🙂 🙂

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raze, on December 28, 2007 at 2:58 pm said:

so very effective! love you guys! thanx a lot!!!

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Manesh Koovappillil, on December 29, 2007 at 7:18 pm said:

i had been struggling to get it worked for the last 3 hours…finally i googled and got ur solution…within 2-3 mins i got all my files and folder back to unhidden mode (which had been set to hidden mode by the fun.xsl.exe worm…it had been a BIG TROUBLE removing that…thanks to norton 🙂 ….and finally BIG thanks for ur solution… 😉

Worked perfectly with Windows XP..SP2
Had been effected with fun.xls.exe and autorun.inf in all the root drives and removable USB drive (stick)

WORKING FINALLY NOW…!!!

Cheers!!

Happy new year in advance…!! take care..nJOY!!

Regards
Manesh Koovappillil
Mumbai, INDIA

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Bijomon Varghese, on December 31, 2007 at 11:51 pm said:

thanx buddy very helpful
Delhi
India

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RAJARAMAN, on December 31, 2007 at 11:51 pm said:

thanks

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Anshuman, on January 3, 2008 at 4:44 pm said:

my hidden file not show

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Shino Thalumkal®, on January 4, 2008 at 8:21 am said:

Thanks a lot .
this solution is working

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killah, on January 4, 2008 at 9:40 pm said:

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.

it DoeSnt Work! what will i do, it goes back to dont show hidden files

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killah, on January 4, 2008 at 9:53 pm said:

it DoeSnt Work! what will i do, it goes back to dont show hidden files i dont know what to doo!!

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Nilesh, on January 4, 2008 at 11:52 pm said:

The solution of chaging the hidden value to 1 is not working

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andrew english, on January 6, 2008 at 2:30 am said:

nice one mate i’ve had this problem for awhile, whilst tryign to delete pesky virus’s and not being able to see them is rather annoying. cheers again i seriously owe you

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akshay, on January 6, 2008 at 5:26 pm said:

hey friend plz hellllllllllp me out …………my problem of show hidden folder is not yet being solved plz help me…..i have tried everything

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utsav, on January 7, 2008 at 2:40 pm said:

Thanks a Ton!!
it worked like magic, i think i have already removed the trojan/spyware etc from the pc which might have caused it!
now it seems fixed!
thank you ever so much!
well wat i’d like to know is, how did u reach the point where u changed the entry! i’d appreciate a mail if you are gonna reply me!
regards,
Utsav Mistry

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abbey george, on January 7, 2008 at 4:23 pm said:

thanks for your valuable information

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Saurabh Maurya, on January 9, 2008 at 2:35 pm said:

Thx I experienced the same problem and it resolved after following the steps.
Regards,
Maurya

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chandrashekar, on January 10, 2008 at 11:26 am said:

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.

it DoeSnt Work! what will i do, it goes back to dont show hidden files.. please hel me out with this..

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chandrashekar, on January 10, 2008 at 11:31 am said:

in my PC “show hidden files options dosn’t work” as u told the procedure go to registry edit n change the value to 1. i check the value that was 2 and i changed it to 1 but when i click Ok button the value will go again to 2. i run revmon removal tool also but it doesnt work. when i click on remove virus from harddisk a windows suddenly appears and tell me ur computer have no revmon virus or clean already. And if i click on show hidden files and folders its again going back to dont shown files and folders.. plz help me and reply me at my email which i mentioned above. and if i click on

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Carlos Pena, on January 11, 2008 at 7:34 pm said:

Great!!! I had exactly the same problem, I followed the instructions and it did work.

Thanks

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Hasan Tahir, on January 11, 2008 at 10:54 pm said:

Here’s a fix thats guaranteed to work.

Go to the following registry key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)

Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD). Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).

This should let you change the “Hidden Files and Folders” option.

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Samir Bellare, on January 12, 2008 at 1:06 pm said:

It did not work. I shall try Hasan Tahir’s trick now.

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Compu, on January 12, 2008 at 4:02 pm said:

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.

THEN>>>>>>>>>

Go to the following registry key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)

Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD). Modify the value data to 1 (0×00000001).

that’s work for me, may be hasan tahir trick is the clue but i did the 2 and now everything just fine.
ty u all guys

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Sahil, on January 12, 2008 at 7:22 pm said:

i am unable to view my hidden files since the time i started connecting the flash disk. please help me from this virus of flash disk. moreover i am unable 2 use my yahoo messenger too.
please help.
thank you

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ASIF RAZA, on January 13, 2008 at 2:42 am said:

Thanks and it worked for me right away .

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Ahmad Qattan, on January 13, 2008 at 6:12 pm said:

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks

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DJ, on January 14, 2008 at 11:32 am said:

Its not working.. Value becomes 2 again.. 😦

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ZuL, on January 17, 2008 at 10:01 am said:

I did what compu did… Both the fixes… The one in the original post did not work, and I suppose Hasan’s fix was the one that worked for me in the end, but I did both. So yea. Thanks. This problem was annoying me to no end. Heh. 🙂

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swaroop, on January 18, 2008 at 2:05 am said:

Thanks Hasan Tahir ; Your suggested remedy is very effective 🙂

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abdulwahab, on January 18, 2008 at 2:19 am said:

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.

but i could not display the hidden files.
plz help

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saurabh, on January 18, 2008 at 7:17 pm said:

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1

BUT IT,S NT WORKIN PLZ HELP ME.

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saurabh, on January 18, 2008 at 7:43 pm said:

PLZ TEL ME HOW TO FIND HKLM?
M NOT GETTIN THIS….

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Sanix, on January 18, 2008 at 7:54 pm said:

saurabh, HKLM means HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. It can be found it the regedit tree beneath HKEY_CURRENT_USER

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Vinodh, on January 19, 2008 at 10:11 am said:

Even after changing the value to 1 of the hidden key, the next time i check the value its still 2, any solution for this?

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saurabh, on January 19, 2008 at 4:35 pm said:

dese solutions are nt wrkin. should i try any antivirus.

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jayanth, on January 20, 2008 at 10:08 pm said:

excellent site…..

the top 3 best sites i had ever seen….

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Mychael, on January 21, 2008 at 2:05 pm said:

There is bthis virus that has affected my folders on my pen drive and has created av exe folder which is preventing me from opening my folder, it has also affected my registry and task manager. How do I deal with this.

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milad, on January 23, 2008 at 2:31 pm said:

Thanks very much

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hitesh, on January 23, 2008 at 8:06 pm said:

It really worked & was quite easy to understand & do.

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gorilakhan, on January 24, 2008 at 4:21 am said:

i have the same problem on pc, hidden files and folders option can’t work, i try all the solution u guys provide but still got problem, one thing i notice that in folder option window when click view button, first option is files and folder and 2nd option is hidden files and folder, i notice that before i have infected (now i completly remove the virus on my pc) a little folder icon on before these lines. 1. Files and Folder. and 2. Hidden files and Folder. but now folder icon is disaper and little arrow is here. can someone please tell me how i can fix that problem.

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wilson siow, on January 24, 2008 at 6:03 am said:

thank a lot. any pc problem can check in this website ?
it feel so good, i can fixed this by myself & no need bring to workshop..

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Mohamed Ibrahim, on January 27, 2008 at 2:00 am said:

Assalamu Alaikkum dear brothers and sisters. Yes its works well by d grace of allah. Alhamdhullilah..

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sahil mohali, on January 27, 2008 at 6:14 pm said:

thanks very. very very very much …………………………………

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hadi, on January 29, 2008 at 3:32 pm said:

hi there
i did use ravmon on my vista pc but it didnt work
tell me what to do
best regards and thank u

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Gautam, on January 31, 2008 at 4:12 pm said:

Dude…The solution is working temporarily…. i mean if i go again to the folder options and select the show hiddden box, after checking it again it’s back to not hidden….NOD 32 updated didn’t detect any viruses…

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Kinnar, on January 31, 2008 at 5:51 pm said:

thanks it help me

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Hashid, on February 5, 2008 at 8:20 pm said:

This will WORK!!!

Be aware that you actually may be infected by a virus, or maybe you once was, and the registry didnt get proberly restored.

You should open the registry, but remember to back it up. You can make a restore point in system restore, or just open the registry and export the whole thing, or export some selected keys.

Start >> Run >> (type) regedit >> (rightclick on the little my computer icon, and export the whole thing.)

find this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. Go to the rightside of the window, where the values are. Find the value “Hidden” . Rightclick it and modify it to 1.

This next text is from my own registry. Kopy it to notepad, then rename the notepad file, so it have the extension .reg ,and then doubleclick it.:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30499”
“Type”=”group”
“Bitmap”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\
48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
00
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51131”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30501”
“Type”=”radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000002
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51104”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30500”
“Type”=”radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000001
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51105”

Hope this was helpful

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ANIL, on February 6, 2008 at 1:34 am said:

i have tried all of these tweaks but sorry to tell that nothing of this registry chnges worked for me if any one know any thing help full please help me .

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Rahul, on February 7, 2008 at 7:47 pm said:

whenever i click the D: or E: drive in mycomputer my Nortan 2007 shows that it has blocked “Hacktool.Rootkit” what is it? I have scanned thrice my system (full scan with Nortan 2007 and Windows defender) but they havent detected any thing malacious but still the alert is coming.
The hidden files too are not shown despite of editing the registry value to 1 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
hidden files

Please suggest an appropriate solution . I run my pc on 768 RAM 80GB HDD Windows XP

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jatin chudasama, on February 8, 2008 at 10:35 am said:

i cant solve my prob. of how to enable show hidden files or folders so please give some suggestion. i have windows xp professional 2000. operating system so please give some solution

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jatin chudasama, on February 8, 2008 at 10:36 am said:

i have a prob. of show hidden files or folders not working so please give some feedback

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sanfar, on February 8, 2008 at 6:59 pm said:

thank u soo much!! it worked!! i have another question though.. wen i open my computer and click on any of the drives.. they dont open!! the “open with” window pops up.. and ONE more thing.. some of the files in my computer are highlighted blue.. as in their titles are in blue font rather than the normal black font…wat to do..

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Abhishek, on February 9, 2008 at 5:38 pm said:

Its working….

Thanks.

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Mohammed Kausar Iqbal, on February 11, 2008 at 5:00 pm said:

I am from India, Thanks a lot. Now my hidden files can be viewed after I dowloaded Smart Antivirus and scanned the Lap Top. However Registry Edit method did not work. Two numbers Auto Run files were detected and removed. What a paid version of Norton Internet Security 2007 and AVG Anti Virus and AVG Spyware free editions could not do, was done by Smart Anti Virus. Thanks again.

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ravikiran, on February 12, 2008 at 11:21 am said:

hi frd.u goto tools and select folder options
and goto view and select show hiddenfiles and press ok
then u show the hidden files,,,,…
still u didn’t get means ur pc on virus
download updated norton & remove smart antivirus
ok bye

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noon, on February 12, 2008 at 6:17 pm said:

i got my pc infected by pws-legmir.gen.k.dll virus.everytime i open any of my hard disk my mcafee antivirus gives me a pop up n removes it but it come again along with amvo1.dll ….and i cant set my hidden files option to show hidden files it reverts back to do not show again…….my mcafee is till date updated but unable to remove it plz help me to remove this

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Vivek, on February 13, 2008 at 8:48 am said:

Hey frnds, i am stuck in a prob, I can nt c my hidden files and folders, I hav done all the remedies given above. Whenever i change the value of attributes from 0 to 1 and close the window, It again changes to 0. and then the same prob I can’t c those hidden folders..

Please help me out

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Anupam Dutta, on February 15, 2008 at 11:56 am said:

Well i had this problem for three days….

I tried the registry override thingy but it somehow managed to reset the registry setting….

So i kindof figured it was bcoz of a virus

One of the most common ways to spread virus is through autorun
So i checked if there was any autorun.inf file in my hard disk

But since i cant view my hidden files so i used the command prompt to see the file.

Step 1: type “cmd” in Run
Step 2: Type these commands

> cd\
> dir a*.inf /a

Now u can see the autorun.inf file

> edit autorun.inf

;oL74j5wcs2rkw2S53jrliraKd6srAw2sKA3824105kKlqs33XS0oDsqowl9rwl
[AutoRun]
;4siapjw4Dss3D80jjs3rKKkw2Al7rDad
open=x.com
;mpaF3AkDI2KK5awial3lK43w4Dl3JesLKrj0iL9DcsSo9waO2349wdlk0djs4D1k5LsSwa5
shell\open\Command=x.com
;8lkakfo431kip3dsoe2Daw53dqJsDKKcJalJoof70osK43LKfC0UksswlLksZko5jkL5qsK434LiJe2j
shell\open\Default=1
;kFaKo4kd33cK4mXKpiLkjwlddw22nwA5k4awLqf08So5jiie23AJa2awkakf28kDpw
shell\explore\Command=x.com
;d2dwJSaaLa5UO313LKe6kqAdwaajqw9loe5200Ds49LIr8LqXckkKewpAc9oiskk0K4i2arwL30533o4Kdsrajsairwr38al

clearly this script forces the explorer to disble showing hidden files.

Wel the solution of the problem is removing this virus.
here is the link of a file that will resolve this issue by removing the virus

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

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shakeel, on February 15, 2008 at 9:29 pm said:

Hi……………..thanks bro……. i applied ur desired action on my folder option and it got resolve my prob….. thanks

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Saravanan, on February 18, 2008 at 7:39 pm said:

Thanx………. Dude

nice work…….. keep on goin brother.

You’re Rockin. 🙂

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vishvendra, on February 27, 2008 at 11:27 am said:

hi
thanks 4 this useful tip……………..
if any buddy still doubt
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vinod, on February 27, 2008 at 9:50 pm said:

i did it i follow as the instructions hear given but not works i googled lot same solution cleaned with anitivirus also not works.. i done a simple trick with the key..
1.open “regedit” in Run.
2. I followed these steps with little change.
198 NaMmOoR
December 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

” Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:

If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:

a. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
b. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
c. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
d. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
e. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
f. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! ”

3. I also changed in NOHIDDEN change value to 1
in SHOWALL change value to 0 , and check the folder option now
4. now change the values to the same
NOHIDDEN to 2
SHOWALL to 1

and you can see its works coooooooll…
dout i done it again i my friends pc. ROCKS…..

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Harmandeep Singh, on February 28, 2008 at 11:22 pm said:

i ha ve got funny ust scandal virus
but now it will be remove from my pc
but problem is that my hiddens files is not showing.
Whn i click on show all hidden files after some time i did not get hidden files

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nutan, on March 5, 2008 at 1:49 pm said:

i was dealing with this hiden files and folders from last 20 days and was thinking of formatting my sysytem…..
but i was waiting for some remedy ,as by formatting data will be lost 4ever……
but by going through ur solution ,i fixed tht problem in just 2 min……..
thanx ……..
it really worked and helped me a lot………..

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Vicky Dhas, on March 6, 2008 at 10:41 pm said:

Hello friends Thanks a lot I saw your comments and it really helped me yout in the hidden files prob!..I appreciate this site for solving the problems and increasing the knowledge for the people.

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nikolai, on March 7, 2008 at 12:39 am said:

i have the same problem with hidden files not showing up when the “show hidden files feature is on”

help! help! help!

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rushi, on March 8, 2008 at 10:37 am said:

thanks 4 d solution finally i m able to fing my hidden folders.

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vishal, on March 8, 2008 at 4:10 pm said:

i help these reg keys for show hide folders in system

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sonal jain, on March 9, 2008 at 2:45 am said:

Well, I have complete solution
It’s reason for virus which disable show/hide option of folder option
virus name amvo.exe, avpo.exe, oufddh.exe all are same first mostly require to remove from
open run>cmd
————-step1————–
c:\
c:\windows\system32\ (search also and remove amvo0.dll,amvo1.dll,avpo0.dll,avpo1.dll )
if it’s not remove try (attrib -a -s -h) attrib command on command prompt ( for more help try attrib /?)
———–step2————–
run>msconfig>startup[tab] // disable all suspected file
______step3_________
cmd>regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>
currentVersion>explorer>advanced
set value = 1 of hidden
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>
currentVersion>explorer>advanced>folder>hidden
set value =1 of showall
—————————————- now check ————
we must change on CURRENT_USER and LOCAL_MACHINE both bcoz system search read first from CURRENT_USER and
write first in LOCAL_MACHINE
——————————————————————–
I HOPE YOU MUST SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
sonal.jain13@yahoo.com

_____________________________________(INDIA)

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geethikaz, on March 11, 2008 at 3:41 pm said:

Thanks so much….. the regedit thing reali helped mi!! thanks again..

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kapil, on March 11, 2008 at 5:18 pm said:

thanks

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Rajiv Sanghavi, on March 14, 2008 at 2:28 pm said:

Excellent and Thanks for the support I have the hidden files back.

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sajid mahmood, on March 15, 2008 at 2:17 pm said:

AoA I hide some folder in my document after that i need to see and Delete but in folder option is not working. I need help you please Help Me.

Thanks.

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hassan, on March 16, 2008 at 12:17 am said:

hi
when ever i open any drive from my hard it opens in another window not in the same which shows the drives
it also have auto option in the drive properties
how to solve this?
will apriciate your help

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sumit yadav, on March 20, 2008 at 10:58 am said:

i am unable to view hidden files in windows xp even i am apply ‘show hidden files in folder option’ . but when i return in folder option second time , i see that ‘do not show hidden files’ is enabled automatically . how i solve this

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mave, on March 21, 2008 at 1:36 pm said:

thanks random
u solve d problem f hidn files
thanks buddy

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nathan, on March 23, 2008 at 3:29 pm said:

Hi,
I am unable to view hidden files in windows xp Sp2 even i am apply ’show hidden files in folder option but automatticaly changed to Don’t show the hidden floder . Here we used Trend micro Anti virus, manually i have scan the machine, Result is virus not found.how to fix the problem.

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waqar, on March 25, 2008 at 12:41 pm said:

i m seting in showall but donot change the value how can do that plz send me

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pappu pandey, on April 6, 2008 at 10:04 am said:

Hey Guys….! Doing a great jobs guys….ur helping thousands of troubled users to solve many problems related to computer on their own….! its really of great help to us….pls keep up the great work….!
thanks to Random Hajile for the method given to correct the hidden files problem…it works wonderfully….thanks again, Gud luck..!

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DURAI, on April 16, 2008 at 3:45 am said:

AAA

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Vinod Kumar, on April 17, 2008 at 9:21 pm said:

Hi Guys,

It.s worked for me as well.. thanks for the tips.

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Rajeev, on April 18, 2008 at 4:53 pm said:

yo !!! man it worked fine for me…..i was facing the same problem while viewing hidden folders…was just not happening….now with this registry tweak my pc is rocking…..thanks all of u.

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arton, on April 19, 2008 at 1:33 am said:

hi please if you take this sms answer me. i have lost all my files and folders in disc D. I have try to find in serach, and in folder opsion but nothing,… so I have use 2 times system restore . My files and folders are back, but emty!there isnt nothing. please, tell me sun because i have lost all informacion in my company. good llok brother.

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Raziq Pasha, on May 2, 2008 at 8:53 pm said:

tried doing that. But the problem still remains.
I am able to change the status to “Show hidden files and folders” and apply the changes. But it doesn’t save it.
So next time when I open Folder Option, its again “Do not show hidden files and folders”.

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cybersupam, on May 6, 2008 at 9:27 pm said:

Hey, to you all….
for this solution just go to the below link and do it accordingly…
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1007/

it surely works….all the best

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sree, on May 23, 2008 at 8:58 am said:

hi i have a problem with hidden files
in tool it showing show hidden files i selected that option but it does nt show the hidden files the option will showing donot show hidden files plz give me solution

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jhon, on May 24, 2008 at 8:05 pm said:

my files hidden by a virus and i cant unhide it because the the hidden side in file propertise is not on!!!!!!!
help me please

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sam, on May 24, 2008 at 9:06 pm said:

same here dude…………problem with hidden files
in tool it showing show hidden files i selected that option but it does nt show the hidden files the option will showing do not show hidden files plz give me solution…..even tried ur spyware terminator…………

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Samer, on May 31, 2008 at 5:26 pm said:

Hi
i have a problem in my pc, i’m going to my folder option then click to show hidden file but the file is not show i’m going to folder option in there i see there is mark on don’t show hidden file
plz help me

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Suman, on June 4, 2008 at 10:19 pm said:

Hello Guys
do one thing…
i had also this Same probs…..But nw i solved it…..

its Not a big job…..Download AMVO killer……and install that program in ur Computer or enlarge that VSP files….it will Clear ur Probs…
lemme u remind u One thing….pls unistall ur Current Anti virus and install Amvo killer….and finally u can re install ur Anti virusss..

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Naughtyaashiq, on June 6, 2008 at 11:07 pm said:

thanxxx yaar 🙂 it works gr8

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dane, on June 9, 2008 at 7:26 am said:

hey thnx Suma…Your solution worked like a charm. Bless!!!

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Qamruddin Multai, on June 13, 2008 at 9:43 am said:

Hello There
If you ever need anthing related to computers
Please dont hesitate to ask
Thanks
Qamruddin

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Farooq, on June 14, 2008 at 6:50 pm said:

verywell

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narges, on June 16, 2008 at 12:10 pm said:

hi i had the same problem as all of you both with my note book and PC ,i did all you said my notebook got fixed but nothing happened in PC and even the option of “hide hidden files” does no more exist ! i cannot choose “show hidden files ”

i even dwl COMBOFIX ,it couldn’t be installed on my PC as it worked in my notebook ! AND when i run the spyware scan for my PC there is virus named WINFIXER ,that cannot be remove ,althought i’ve done the scan 100 times with different programs .and this virus make a copy of my files and change the initation of the name ot ~$ and the hide all these files ,and i noticed while searching for all hidden files which still works !
after this virus i cannot even wright a CD or DVD or even log in with yahoo msg !

i’m hopeless
going nuts
help me

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Raymond, on June 16, 2008 at 8:50 pm said:

hai i have got a problem which is my computer was unable to show my hidden file… after i click to show hidden file but it does not work… no any hidden files were appear… when i close it and reopen the folder option and see, it automatically turn to “do not show hidden file”… in my opinion, i think my computer was infected by virus… so may i know if there are any solution can fix this kind of problem???

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muhao, on June 26, 2008 at 11:34 am said:

arghh.. there’s this virus (i think) kgt8bl.cmd which i believe caused my pc not to show hidden files… Pls.. someone help me.. my kaspersky07 antivirus cannot detect it as a virus or something… i really need to delete it.. there seems to be 1p1f1x files too hidden.. which is one of the cause.. guys..pls help.. what should i do??

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Parag Dodake, on June 27, 2008 at 11:17 am said:

Thanks Random Hajile,
I was also facing the same problem of not showing the hidden files and folders.
i have tried the regedit formula and it has worked nicely.
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! 🙂

Again thanks buddy.

BYE
parag dodake

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Kumar, on June 29, 2008 at 11:21 pm said:

Great steps, solved my issue instantly. Thanks.

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Arsh_Smarty, on July 5, 2008 at 11:20 am said:

bhai plz help kar do yaar me arsh yaar mei hidden file show karta hoo to hota nahi plz help kar do yaar

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Ammar, on July 9, 2008 at 10:47 pm said:

The steps are :-

* Open registry( select run command from start menu and type regedit and then press enter)
* In the left pane goto path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftware\Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Explorer \Advanced \Folder \Hidden \SHOWALL
* Delete the value CheckedValue in the Right pane by right clicking it and selecting delete. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)
* Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue by right clicking in the Right pane and then selecting new -> DWORD Value and then changing the name to CheckedValue. (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD). Modify the value data to 1 (0×00000001) by right clicking the CheckedValue in the Right pane and selecting modify and changing the value data to 1.

This should let you change the “Hidden Files and Folders” option.

Why this happens? The fact that the hidden files were not showing up was due to virus which would have changed the value in the registry and the virus may be still present. Even when the virus was removed the old value may not have been restored in the registry.

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mahaputra, on July 10, 2008 at 2:56 pm said:

If it does not working do this instruction :

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\hidden
4. change the value with 1
5. restart your computer
6. don’t select the radio button “Show hidden files and folders” again. the hidden file will show automatically.

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mahaputra, on July 10, 2008 at 3:07 pm said:

ooopppsss i mean
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\Advanced\hidden

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AC, on July 18, 2008 at 9:28 am said:

Thanks so much Random Hajile! I can see hidden files again!

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Eustace Fernandes, on July 30, 2008 at 1:32 pm said:

Random Hajile….dude thnkx for the solution it really works..!!!!!….the first method did nutin bt ur method really helped….thnksss a lot once again…..

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faisal, on August 2, 2008 at 10:29 pm said:

when i click the option show hidden files and folders and i say ok ,then again i go for view it remains the click on do not show hidden folders and files.. pls help m

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AzR, on August 11, 2008 at 11:10 pm said:

i did it i follow as the instructions hear given but not works i googled lot same solution cleaned with anitivirus also not works.. i done a simple trick with the key..
1.open “regedit” in Run.
2. I followed these steps with little change.
198 NaMmOoR
December 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

” Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:

a. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
b. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
c. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
d. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
e. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
f. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! ”

3. I also changed in NOHIDDEN change value to 1
in SHOWALL change value to 0 , and check the folder option now
4. now change the values to the same
NOHIDDEN to 2
SHOWALL to 1

and you can see its works coooooooll…
thank u haji…

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Alan, on August 12, 2008 at 11:39 pm said:

If your option to show hidden files and folders is missing, download and run this reg file. Add info to registry and you should be good to go:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136815736/Hidden_files_and_folders.rar

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Alan, on August 16, 2008 at 2:02 am said:

This is a better fix than the last one:

http://rapidshare.com/files/137602686/foldersettings.reg

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manmeet, on August 20, 2008 at 11:13 am said:

i try this but my prob is remain un solve
steel unable to view hidden files.

plz reply at heartfriend_manmeet@yahoo.com

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Prakash, on August 23, 2008 at 10:19 am said:

I have the same problem i will try now …………thank u all………….:-)

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Muhammad Raheel, on August 30, 2008 at 1:45 pm said:

Asalamualaikum howz ya bro mera task manager baar baar gayab hojata hai plz tell me kia karon plz koi hal batade m waiting 4 ur reply

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Muhammad Raheel, on August 30, 2008 at 1:50 pm said:

howz ya plz help me my any thing i wantto install the program is going to hidden even task manager is also not show plus regedit file bhi plz tell me the procedure 4 leave thiz problem

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IntoXicator, on September 13, 2008 at 10:41 am said:

great tip. Thanks for sharing!

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Hlias, on September 22, 2008 at 1:37 am said:

Thanx a lot Random Hajile. I did it and worked:)

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avijit singh, on September 22, 2008 at 3:54 pm said:

Bhai mera PC ki watt lagi hai!!Ek virus 1:)Pen drive ko format karne nahi deta. 2:)Pen drive se autorun.inf uda nahi pa raha hoo. 3:)Pen drive k autorun.inf pe virus ka naam diya hai “vkxmp.pif” 4:)bar bar hidden files waala tab “do not show…” pe chala jaa raha hai …..jabki “hide protected system files(Recommended )”waala tab uncheck rehta hai

Formatting k baad bhi problem solve nahi hui(sirf c: drive format kiya thaa)

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sandy garg, on September 26, 2008 at 9:14 am said:

there is a problem wih my window.when i double click on my drives then it can’t open a dialog box with explorer option is open what should i do.

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Rahul Mahajan, on September 26, 2008 at 5:46 pm said:

mere pas 1 widcomm bluetooth hai jo pahale kam kar rahi thi.
magar hard disk change aur window iastallation k bad wo ab kam nahi kar rahi hai .
but wo dusare pc par kam kar rahi hai.
please help me.
Thanks in Advance

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kristen zee, on October 7, 2008 at 7:14 pm said:

pls help me…..i open my pendrive this morning and found out that there is nothing inside but when i check on the properties…the space in the pendrive is used…….my pendrive is 4GB..and the space used is 3.73 GB…so there are things inside my pendrive.but i cannot see them..there totally nothing..
i try to click at the “show hidden files box” but there is nnothing…..but the “show hidden files box” still click…
how to solve this??
pls help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wajid sOLANGI, on October 11, 2008 at 10:24 pm said:

HI All Dear

I have New littel idea U can go ((((start)))) botton and click allprogram then click ((( Accessories )))
then ((System Tools)) then click ((system restore))

then new program open next and u can follow (( (((System Check Point )))
Next booton click your Windows seting auto diffoult
Yor all program set and u all files Show 10000000%
this is my cell number +923337064160

Then Dont click Dobble any hardwere ok
((SETING 2))
Then my computer open and u can go ((tools)) then ((Folder Option )) View )) Show hidden files and folder
finsh green check Hide protected operating system files (Rrecommended) ok
Apply then ok u all files show and exx file show and u can allso virus delete D E F Potsion autorun.inf delete more exe files d.com d.com then u pc safe ok

GOD BLESS U

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Wajid Solangi, on October 11, 2008 at 10:51 pm said:

solangiwajid@gmail.com

your send email i send u total problem OKs

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tarun narang, on October 18, 2008 at 10:15 pm said:

how an i solve the problem related to show hidden files and folders

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Rao Raheel, on November 8, 2008 at 6:06 am said:

try typing this in run.. “regsvr32 /i shell32.dll”

this worked for me.

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Manish Kumar Singh, on November 8, 2008 at 2:35 pm said:

sir
i am problems is a foderoption

only do not show hidden file and folders

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Lalit, on November 26, 2008 at 1:29 am said:

Hi Freinds,

Can someone help me to resolve the issue. On my desktop when I click the check box for show hidden files and apply it , again the check move to “Do not show hidden files”.

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Ananth S, on December 1, 2008 at 8:04 am said:

Thanks, the patch worked for me

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naxe88, on December 4, 2008 at 10:16 pm said:

thankz…rao rahell…u solution work wit me from other solution…thank again…

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Mukesh, on December 5, 2008 at 2:54 pm said:

When I use in folder option ‘show hidden file or folder’ wnd apply it not shown hidden file. when i see folder option there no change with show hidden file or folder. plz send me soluation.

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Mukesh, on December 6, 2008 at 1:19 pm said:

DVD writter not cach DATA DVD, Film DVD & ANy CD Expect but DATA DVD Not Except
PLZ do somthing…………..

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sunita, on December 17, 2008 at 6:40 am said:

download antivirus from rat32.freehostia.com to show hidden files and folders

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arvalov, on December 19, 2008 at 6:15 pm said:

Thanks a ton Rao Raheel…….
ur solution worked for me…..
cheers

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wilson, on December 22, 2008 at 10:06 pm said:

I have a problem in hidden files.
hope to recover seeing the hidden files
Appreciate ur fast action

thanks

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Aneel, on January 2, 2009 at 11:28 am said:

Go to

1) Start
2) Run
3) Regedit

go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/sOftware/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced/Folder/Hidden/SHOWALL

In right penal you will find CheckedValue
double click on CheckedValue
in Edit DWORD Value, write 1 in Value data column and close the Regedit. thats it….

You will surely get result.

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Alena Jane, on January 3, 2009 at 9:39 pm said:

For this problem: Download RRT(Remove Restrictions Tool) a tool to re-enable Ctrl+Alt+Del, Folder Options and Registry tools.

Steps to remove virus manually :
visit http://virusexperts.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-manually-remove-backdoorlivup.html

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rbk, on January 9, 2009 at 4:01 pm said:

Thank You for the solution by Random Hajile to unhide files if “show hidden files and folders”…but it works the opposite way…i.e. if i ask to show it hides and if i ask to hide it shows….. Thanku

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Mukesh Patidar, on January 14, 2009 at 12:13 pm said:

When I use in folder option ’show hidden file or folder’ wnd apply it not shown hidden file. when i see folder option there no change with show hidden file or folder. plz send me soluation

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roland, on January 15, 2009 at 8:03 pm said:

my laptop cannot use all the above technics…even i used regedit ..but still dissapointed..my hidden folder also cannot be show ..when i turned show hidden files but still could not found the hidden files that i been hide…still cannot find the easy way …plz email me if you guys had any ways to settle my problem here…email me at meo_deng83@yahoo.com..plzzzzz

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TechPaparazzi, on January 29, 2009 at 9:28 pm said:

hey which host do u use?

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usman, on January 29, 2009 at 11:59 pm said:

HELP ME YAAR
HIDDEN FILE SHOW NAHI HO RAHI HAI DONO OPTION AUTOMATIC ON HAE SHOW N HIDE DONO PAR CLICK REHTA HE..
ME SHOW KARTA HU PAR HOTA NAHI HE
PHIR SE OPTION ME DEKHO TO HIDE N SHOW DONO PAR CLICK REHTA HAI
HOWZ ITS POSSIBLE YAAR
MERA PERSONAL DATA HE PLZ HAPL ME
USMAN.SKH@GMAIL.COM PAR REPLY ME PLZ

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Abhishek K, on February 3, 2009 at 4:14 pm said:

Your Smart Virus Remover is simply awesome!

Thanx a ton!

😀 🙂

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colin, on February 8, 2009 at 7:46 am said:

thanks guys, you’ve actually helped me solve an annoying issue with my show hidden files and folders option.

but have been able to fix it by comparing registry entries of a healthy windows machine.

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ahmedabad, on February 23, 2009 at 5:52 pm said:

Random Hajile… is rock

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Sandeep, on February 27, 2009 at 9:33 pm said:

for the HIDDEN FOLDERS problem i too had the same i done all the things u told me to do but nothing worked out but one software solved it that is MBAM thanks for it……….. i downloaded it and runned it and it detected all the malwares and i deleted them now every thing is fine

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ADi, on March 16, 2009 at 11:24 pm said:

Very THanks Dude!!!!!!1

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Suhas, on March 20, 2009 at 11:19 pm said:

pls help me out my hidden folders option is not working……….rather whole of my tools option is not working pls help me how to fix this

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Muhammad Ali, on March 28, 2009 at 6:36 am said:

am able to change the status to “Show hidden files and folders” and apply the changes. But it doesn’t save it.
So next time when I open Folder Option, its again “Do not show hidden files and folders”.

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Da2nn, on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 pm said:

I managed to solve it using this method

http://tinyurl.com/dxvuf5

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Nima, on April 19, 2009 at 6:59 pm said:

dear friends
i have a problem concerning to hidden folders in which my driver is full but no file is shown there,how ever i have tried all suggested ways, no result has been gained.what are your suggestions?

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Pardeep, on April 20, 2009 at 1:24 am said:

windows not shows hidden file and folder

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Khalid Shams, on April 20, 2009 at 8:07 pm said:

Thank you sir… this is working now..

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Nibir Kaushik, on April 22, 2009 at 1:08 pm said:

My “Do not show hidden files and folders” option is not showing. I am not being able to hide folders. Please help me with the registry values

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priya, on May 23, 2009 at 10:56 pm said:

windows is not shutting down properly, stand by and restart is also not working properly… is because of virus??????? or any other problem????????

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Cederash, on May 24, 2009 at 1:24 am said:

интересно было прочитать.

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Ferinannnd, on May 24, 2009 at 10:29 pm said:

Отличная статья Спасибо огромное

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ashish, on June 2, 2009 at 7:11 pm said:

Thanks for the regedit thing it worked ..

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ASSSSSSSSSSSSSS, on June 4, 2009 at 2:09 pm said:

I CANNOT SEE HIDDEN FOLDERS

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hghg, on June 5, 2009 at 12:22 am said:

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hghg, on June 5, 2009 at 12:24 am said:

i cannot see my hiddin folder

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- hghg, on June 5, 2009 at 12:30 am said:
  
  please tell how to figureout this issue
  
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Vansh Khanna, on June 5, 2009 at 12:07 pm said:

sir when i go in tools option i cant find folder option previously it was there.

pls short out my problems.
thanks

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karan, on June 13, 2009 at 12:24 pm said:

If it does not working do this instruction :

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\hidden
4. change the value with 1
5. restart your computer
6. don’t select the radio button “Show hidden files and folders” again. the hidden file will show automatically.

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Mary, on June 14, 2009 at 5:29 am said:

Hey m8 i did that but when i change the value i close the window i still cant see the folders and i go to run again and its again a 0. what can i do to “save” the ?

thanks advance!

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alex, on June 25, 2009 at 2:27 am said:

I was able to remove the virus causing this problem using “Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware”.

now my show hidden files working fine.

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Jeffy, on July 6, 2009 at 12:19 pm said:

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2. Type “Alex wife” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HWife_Soft_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
4. open the pussy with 2
5. start fucking

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utsav, on July 15, 2009 at 12:15 pm said:

thanks it really worked

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Tri Puji Kristianto, on July 30, 2009 at 6:44 pm said:

i have used that and done, many tank. from indonesia.

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monica, on August 11, 2009 at 7:25 pm said:

download Enable-windows-default-settings.zip from ra32.com to enable and show hidden files and folder options . Enable-windows-default-settings.zip also helps to enable task manager, enable show folder options, enable show hidden files, enable search files, enable run, enable default windows settings. source rat32.com

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Thimmarayaswamy K, on August 21, 2009 at 8:07 pm said:

Thank you very much.
It helped me a lot…………….!
Saved time……………..

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Puneet Arora, on August 25, 2009 at 1:00 am said:

I have three problems in my Lap Top as follows

a) Regedit does not show up when I try running it from Run
b) Hidden Files: I m unable to see hidden file even if i have click show hidden files in folder options
c) All the HTML file have changed icons like .com/exe file .

What can I do get rid of these please suggest

I need some hidden file urgently . My windows XP is original and is updated .

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riya, on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 pm said:

I did not find My folder option to change my files option any where, I m in trouble with my Windows Vista. How Can I find it again does anyone tell me??

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srinanth, on September 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm said:

for me if i check do not show hidden files it is showing the hidden filesand folders .. it is workin in reverse ordr wat to do ???

help!!!!!!!!!

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gayathri.s, on October 3, 2009 at 7:54 am said:

in my pc folder option is missing.how 2 view the hidden files.ur solution is not working.

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ricnrok, on October 6, 2009 at 11:08 pm said:

None of the above options worked for me. It occured because of virus/trojan — cvasds01.dll. Norton, avast, malwarebytes,superantispyware were unable to solve it. I used “Spyware doctor” and the problem was entirely solved for me.

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ilengo, on October 10, 2009 at 2:54 am said:

thanks my dear friends.

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Aminullah, on October 11, 2009 at 12:40 pm said:

Hello:-
Sir plz help me in this problem when ever i install the antivirus (Avast newer) Then the after restarting the whole system become hang and does not work properly.
thanks.

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taimoor, on October 27, 2009 at 3:13 pm said:

salam
i am using windows xp. In ‘my computer’ the ‘folder option’ in ‘view’ has dissapeared. Help me out please.

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Rajkumar, on November 5, 2009 at 3:55 pm said:

thanks dude. great post.

your solution is good. thanks a lot….

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criss romania, on November 12, 2009 at 2:55 am said:

Thanks. It worked for me 😉

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gaganpreetxp, on November 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm said:

thanks my all troubles are solved

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syon, on February 10, 2010 at 5:36 pm said:

why my computer can’t to open hide folder?
after i hide the folder, that folder i hide can’t show again although i remove hidden of that folder…

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sahil, on March 8, 2010 at 10:12 pm said:

hello friends
in run command type :– regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
and try

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sahil, on March 8, 2010 at 10:13 pm said:

wait till the message appears then click ok
ur problem will b solved

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T.K Sabin, on March 10, 2010 at 8:17 am said:

http://geekepisodes.com/2010/02/18/show-hidden-files-and-folders-missing.aspx

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bulbul Ahamed, on March 25, 2010 at 4:33 am said:

@karan : its perfectly working man . love it . thanks a lot .

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bigsi, on April 10, 2010 at 6:56 pm said:

Have tried all of the above, something keeps resetting the files and folders back to hidden, other issues include usercustomizations in ie8 failing to reset when you reset ie8, and the programs menu failing to appear from the start button running vista 32bit. Have run sophos rootkit, trendmicro, mcafee, kaspersky, combofix, vundofix and trojan remover. Any other suggestions much appreciated. Cheers

Bigsi

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Bakul, on April 19, 2010 at 7:24 pm said:

Thanks a lot. May god bless u long long time.

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Andi, on May 17, 2010 at 6:58 pm said:

Here is the answer!!!! period!!
(Go to Start –> Run, then type Regedit
2. Navigate to the registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHO WALL
3. Find a key called CheckedValue.
4. Double Click CheckedValue key and modify it to 1. This is to show all the hidden files.)

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Промышленный блендер, on June 1, 2010 at 5:07 pm said:

What causes the sound of air swishing inside your head?

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ajmal, on June 3, 2010 at 11:28 pm said:

evry 1 told daat its virus….but u proved it
u r d mannnnnnnnnnnn
greattttttttt

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Min kc, on June 6, 2010 at 12:36 pm said:

Please try below it works in my computer

DeivA, on September 1, 2009 at 3:13 pm Said:
Hi try this process:

1. Go to Start –> Run, then type Regedit
2. Navigate to the registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHO WALL
3. Find a key called CheckedValue.
4. Double Click CheckedValue key and modify it to 1. This is to show all the hidden files.

Now you should be able to view all the hidden files..

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- cloud, on June 9, 2010 at 4:05 pm said:
  
  my folders are still not showing.. i was able to take off all the virus that cause y fodlers to be hidden but still the hidden folders are not showing.. i guess they called the virus the folder.exe.. i saw a lot of things on how to fixed it but none showed on how to put the fodlers back
  
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  - Mike, on June 16, 2010 at 10:20 am said:
    
    hi cloud.
    
    try these. if you know how to work on command prompt. you better set their attributes to not hidden, not system, and not read-only file. to do these..
    1. run command prompt. [start->run]
    2. go to the root path where the folders are located(hidden files or folders)
    ex. c:\windows\
    3. execute these command.
    ex. c:\windows\attrib *.* -h -r -s
    
    just try.:)
afianleader, on June 8, 2010 at 12:33 am said:

whooaa.. thank you brotha..

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ddd, on June 9, 2010 at 10:04 pm said:

i have need folwer option recently

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Farrukh, on June 29, 2010 at 11:33 am said:

Thanks everyone…

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Joris333, on July 18, 2010 at 10:14 pm said:

Great post thanx a lot

Greetz Joris

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Devendra, on July 24, 2010 at 11:09 pm said:

Thanks
For This Process,

Can You / anyone Tell that where i can find these type of code with description. means which key is for what ?

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reena, on August 10, 2010 at 7:54 am said:

hi

I apply your suggestion..
then problem is solved…
forder option is working properly…

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naveen, on October 4, 2010 at 11:55 am said:

dear sir,
im using Windows xp and in that my hidden files are showing it and i dont want to show hidden file in my pc so plz can u help me on this plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
thank u

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www.filmizleb.com, on October 10, 2010 at 4:16 am said:

si than admin

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dr.krupesh chotaliya, on November 18, 2010 at 11:22 am said:

a gr8 thanx to u NaMmOoR..ur solution works well

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Jamil Khan, on November 25, 2010 at 11:54 pm said:

Show Hidden Files and Folders not working?
The Best one
Method 1: (By Denny)
1- Click Start –> Run –> regsvr32 /i browseui.dll –> enter
A confirmation message will appear like given below
2- Click Start –> Run –> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
Wait for the confirmation and click OK.

Method 2:
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft
WindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
Now you’re all set to go. Check it in your tools menu if the changes have taken effect.

Method 3.
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Advanced\FolderHidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally.
Enjoy!
Jamil Khan WFT Islamabad Pakistan

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Thanks, on January 5, 2011 at 9:39 pm said:

Thanks DeivA and Random Hajile, and Jamil Khan and Other helpers

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Prithiviraj, on April 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm said:

Thank u very much bro its working

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harshit, on May 3, 2011 at 10:05 am said:

hello bro !
i m sorry 2 inform u but ur method is not working
i m unable see my hidden folder after doing the same also
help me as soon as possible!!

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Noor Khan, on May 7, 2011 at 6:23 pm said:

PERFECT; thank you!!!!

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Gadgets, on May 9, 2011 at 4:47 pm said:

its working Good thanks

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জাহিদ হাসান, on July 24, 2011 at 8:55 pm said:

Thanks Brother its working, i am very happy, again thank you

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robert milton, on July 29, 2011 at 2:38 am said:

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Ndupza, on July 30, 2011 at 3:55 pm said:

You can also try this

http://www.mediafire.com/?1php7f7t1dksc66

This peace of software unhides all files and folders hidden by viruses on usb devices

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Jobin T Philip, on August 6, 2011 at 2:21 pm said:

It works. You can also restore virus hidden files by following the steps in this blog post

http://techaiderpro.blogspot.com/2011/08/tricks-to-restore-deletedvirus-hidden.html

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mubarak hamza, on August 22, 2011 at 5:01 pm said:

open runthen type these two commands

1, regsvr32 /i browseui.dll

2, regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

then go to folder options and check

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adebayo adetunji, on September 2, 2011 at 10:18 pm said:

there is a problem facing my tecno 0707 partaining with memory port i guess it was my memory port but what i noticed is that besides my network bar there is a sign like this there(1)counting from 1 to 7 which is not there before and it was affecting it somehow.sometime the media player will work and sometimes not…………….i need guide to do this if it was the setting please help me out.

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rubin khadka, on September 3, 2011 at 8:57 pm said:

my tool menu only contain following options
maps network drive…….
disconnet network drive….
synchronise…….
but no folder option menu
pls help me
email me so that i can solve that problem
rubin_signup@yahoo.com

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rubin khadka, on September 3, 2011 at 8:59 pm said:

please please help me out

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rahman, on September 4, 2011 at 5:12 pm said:

thanks deiva its working perfectly thanks aloy once again

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Rajpal, on September 17, 2011 at 11:24 pm said:

Thanks @Bogas
This formula worked “attrib * -h -s /S /D”

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vinod, on September 25, 2011 at 12:21 pm said:

thanks a lot if i change option do not show hidden files its showing….its amazing

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nitinsk, on March 1, 2012 at 10:40 am said:

thx a lot…3rd ws fast 😉

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Oni Adetunji Adebayo, on September 1, 2012 at 3:50 pm said:

I want 2 check my account nos

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Santosh Kulkani, on November 21, 2012 at 9:39 pm said:

You are great! This information worked. Thank You!

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Amritansh, on February 7, 2014 at 1:25 am said:

Bro. thanks a ton i cannot afford system restore because i have lots of important stuff haven’t made backup so this Smart virus remover worked like magic and i want to ask you that i have windows 8 with Bitdeffender latest version 2014 total security then how that virus came in the first place. Please if you can reply then do reply on my email ID.

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