Trick to Enable Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows

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PROCEDURE-A

• Go to Start Menu and click on Run (Windows Vista and Windows 7 uses Start Search instead).
• Type RegEdit and press Enter to run Registry Editor.
• Navigate to the following registry key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

• In the right pane, verify that the CheckedValue value data is REG_DWORD type. If it’s not (such as belongs to REG_SZ), then delete the CheckedValue value data.
• If CheckedValue has been delete, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it as CheckedValue.
• Double click on CheckedValue and change its value data to 1 (virus may change it to 0 or 2).
• Within the same registry key, verify that the Type value data is of REG_SZ type, and has the value data radio. If not, set it to radio. Virus may change it to blank.
• Set the system to reveal or show all hidden files,folders and drives, and then check if hidden files and folders are show.

PROCEDURE-B

1. Download folderoption.reg.
2. Save it in your Desktop or any folder where you can easily access it
3. Go to your Desktop
4. Double-click the folderoption.reg
5. If it prompts if you want to add the information on the registry, click YES
6. It will confirm that information was successfully entered into registry, click OK
7 You should now be able to modify Show Hidden Files and Folders settings.