Hello. Windows 7 HP SP1.
Microsoft Security Essentials occasionally spots something sus on my pen drive. That's great but after it's done its job
it marks the folder on my drive as Hidden, without the option for me to unhide it from the folder's properties
How can I unhide it please? I suppose I could create another folder and copy everything to it, but it's a big folder and this
would be a pain!
Andy.
MSE Hidden Annoyance
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Re: MSE Hidden Annoyance
I can't try it out myself but perhaps this will do it:
- Note the path of the folder, including the drive letter.
- Start a Command Prompt window.
- Type the following, substituting the path:
attrib -s -h "folderpath"
- Press Enter.
- Note the path of the folder, including the drive letter.
- Start a Command Prompt window.
- Type the following, substituting the path:
attrib -s -h "folderpath"
- Press Enter.
Best wishes,
Hans
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Re: MSE Hidden Annoyance
Hi Hans. You beat me by a few minutesHansV wrote:I can't try it out myself but perhaps this will do it:
- Note the path of the folder, including the drive letter.
- Start a Command Prompt window.
- Type the following, substituting the path:
attrib -s -h "folderpath"
attrib -r -s -h "I:\My Documents"
I needed quotes because of the space.
I was googling the problem, when I should have googled the solution.. if that makes sense
I used to have a little book for MS DOS 6.7, I might hunt one down again at Amazon. Edited Or perhaps 6.22
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