How to see hidden files and folders? ACDSee, Total Commander, Explorer. CHidden File Finder. A program to find hidden files and folders

Description of the problem

When opening a flash drive, folders, files and other elements are not displayed.

Cause

Job malicious application, which changed the elements' attributes to hidden mode display.

Options for solving the problem

Select "Folder Options" (for Windows versions 7 and higher - “Folder Options”).

Go to the “View” tab. Here you need to uncheck “Hide protected system files" and put it next to "Show hidden files, folders, drives". Then click “OK”.

Open “My Computer”. Right-click on the flash drive icon and select “Properties”.

A window will appear in which you need to uncheck the “Hide” command.

2. You can also access hidden files on a flash drive using Total programs Commander.

Let's launch the software. Select “Configuration” on the toolbar. Here click “Settings”.

Go to the “Panel Contents” tab, which is located on the left side of the working window and check the “Show hidden/system files” checkbox.

Content disk drive will be displayed.

3. The third method can be called “Medicine for a flash drive.”

Opening removable disk. Right-click and select “New”, “Text Document” (Notepad type).

We give the document a name. For example, “Doctor for a flash drive.”

We write in the text the following command “attrib -s -h -r -a *.* /s /d”

Save the file.

Go to the “View” tab and uncheck “Hide extension for known file types”.

Let's return to the flash drive. Click “Rename” and place the format “txt”, enter “.bat”. The result is a program file.

We run the file and all the elements on the flash drive are displayed.

Usually, the visible part of the content is enough for beginners operating system on drive "C", but over time you have to open hidden folders and files in windows 7, vista, XP or windows 8 (make visible).

If you are one of them, you will find here detailed description how to open hidden folders and files. To show them to you, you only need to tick a few boxes. Why is their display hidden from users?

Hidden folders belong to system files - they cannot be deleted, it is not even advisable to change them - although sometimes you have to. To see hidden folders and files, go to the control panel and click “folder options”.

A window will appear in front of you in which you can open hidden folders (files). To do this, click “view” and check the boxes as shown in the figure below.

Although after this you will be able to see them, but to see (make a viewing) what is inside - most likely not. You can only allow the display of hidden folders on win 7 (see them), but to make them normal (be able to edit) you need to get access

Program to show hidden files and folders

To see hidden files you can also use programs ( file managers), For example Total Commander. To do this, launch it and go to the configuration (at the top) select the “settings” option

Next, go to the “panel contents” item, find the “display files” option and check the box next to the line “show hidden files” and click “OK”. This method is perhaps simpler, only the program itself is paid - therefore the first one is usually preferable.

How to access hidden files

So, you already have permission to show hidden folders, but to see the display of the “internals”, follow this link.

There you will find a special script and instructions. By running the script you can not only reveal hidden folders, but also get full access for editing

Viruses love to hide in hidden folders, and to remove them you need to make them visible, only skilled hands are needed for this. I hope everything works out for you. Good luck.

After a virus attack. Let's consider the methods. I have had to deal with this problem more than once. And I solved it in different ways. This is the situation. The user, after working at the computer, transfers the information to a flash drive. Later, when checking the flash drive, it discovers that the folders are missing, although the volume is still occupied by something. This happens as a result of the actions of some viruses. In fact, the folders didn't disappear, they became invisible. The virus creates a directory whose name contains invalid characters. Then moves the real folders to this hidden folder. Let's consider how to recover hidden folders on a flash drive.

Method No. 1

Step 1. Let's turn on the display hidden files and folders in Explorer. In Windows 7 this is done like this: (Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View) .

Now in the tab(Additional options) activate the line (Show hidden files, folders and drives) .

Uncheck the checkbox next to the line: Hide protected system files (recommended) . A warning will appear, click (Yes) .

Step 2. Cleaning a flash drive from viruses.We clean the drive using the antivirus installed on the system. We delete shortcuts on the flash drive ( .lnk), unnecessary executable files (.exe), and necessarily the file autorun.inf, if present. Cleaning the folder RECYCLER .

Step 3.Let's do bat file to restore hidden folders.

Algorithm of actions:

Create text document, to do this, right-click on a free area of ​​the desktop ( RMB) and select in the context menu that appears ( New>Text Document ).

Copy the script for the bat file into the created text document.

:lable cls set /p disk_flash="Vvesti buky flash drive: " cd /D %disk_flash%: if %errorlevel%==1 goto lable cls cd /D %disk_flash%: del *.lnk /q /f attrib -s -h -r autorun.* del autorun.* /F attrib -h -r -s -a /D /S rd RECYCLER /q /s explorer.exe %disk_flash%:

Save. Changing the file extension txt on bat. The file name is your choice.

Download the finished bat file

The same can be done via the command line:

Opening (Item>Run) . Enter the command ( cmd) , press ( ENTER) . A black window will open command line you need to enter the following commands:cd /d f:\ press ( ENTER) , Where f:\– this is the letter of our flash drive (may differ from the example)attrib -s -h /d /s press ( ENTER) – this command will reset the attributes and the folders will become visible.

Method No. 2

USB Hidden Folder Fix.In my opinion this is the easiest way torecovering hidden folders on a flash drive. The lack of a Russified interface in the program does not create discomfort in its management. Let's launch USB Hidden Folder Fix. Click ( Browse) and select the infected flash drive. Next click (Yes!Unhide the folders!) . And that's all! Hidden folders on the flash drive have been restored. All that remains is to scan the media for viruses.

Download USB Hidden Folder Fix 1.1

Step 1.Let's launch USB Hidden Folder Fix and through the button ( Browse) indicate the path to the infected flash drive.

Step 2.Recovering hidden folders.

Step 3.Let's launch Total Commander. Open the infected flash drive in it and remove the viruses.

Step 4.We perform a final scan of the USB drive with an antivirus program.

HiddenFilesRecover

Working with the program HiddenFilesRecover similar to working with the utility USB Hidden Folder Fix. Select the flash drive and press the button (Restore) .

Download Hidden Files Recover 2.0 32/64 bit

USB Hidden Recovery

The program is easy to use. After launch USB Hidden Recovery automatically scans connected to

computer USB drives. When found hidden objects, displays them in the window List of objects . Then you you can restore the files and folders you need by clicking the button Restore .

Download USB Hidden Recovery 0.1.3

Download USB Hidden Recovery 0.1.5

LimFlashFix

Small, free program to recover hidden data from flash drives. It often happens that there is no required folders, but you know for sure that they were there, and the size of the flash drive has not decreased, but there are no files, all these are tricks computer virus, which hides folders on a flash drive and creates a bunch of shortcuts with file names. Many antiviruses will clear a flash drive of viruses, but no antivirus will restore folders, and how to restore folders is very simple, you just need this program. Using the LimFlashFix program, you can easily restore access to all folders and files on a flash drive with one click. Everything is done easily, quickly and no special knowledge is required.

Using the program LimFlashFix It is possible to restore hidden folders and files on a flash drive with one click. Let's launch the program.

Click To correct

Download LimFlashFix 1.2

Download LimFlashFix 1.3

USB Protection & Recovery – small free utility, providing protection from malware that try to penetrate the computer through USB drives, as well as recover hidden and hidden files on USB drives as a result of the effects of virus programs.

The utility is designed to solve two interrelated problems simultaneously:

1. The main task is to detect and remove malware trying to infect a computer via USB drives. USB Protection & Recovery will automatically scan all USB drives connected to the PC and, if it finds malware, display it in the main program window. In this case, the user only has to determine what to delete and what not.

1. Recovering hidden and hidden folders and files on USB drives as a result of the effects of virus programs. Some malicious virus programs can change attributes, hide folders and files on a flash drive. It is not always possible for an ordinary user to restore a folder with your information manually, because... the attribute is set to "system hidden". Restoring folders and files hidden by a virus makes it practically impossible for an ordinary user and creates many problems.

Possibilities:

• Residential USB shield.
• A hidden file scanner that triggers when a drive is connected.
• The ability to manually scan the drive for threats.
• The ability to manually scan the drive for hidden files and folders.

USB Protection & Recovery has a simple interface and consumes virtually no system resources. The program is compatible with popular antiviruses.

Download USB Protection & Recovery 1.3

Method No. 3

File manager Total Commander. The file manager allows you to perform the most common operations on files - creating, opening, playing, viewing, editing, moving, renaming, copying, deleting, changing attributes and properties, searching for files and assigning rights. Changing folder attributes. This is necessary so that the folders become visible again. We connect the USB drive. The antivirus automatically deletes infected files.

Launch Total Commander and open the drive in it. Hidden folders are marked in red exclamation mark. If they are not visible then click on the icon (Hidden elements) .

Select folders and change their attributes (make them visible).

Delete the folder ( RECYCLER) . This virus.

We scan the flash drive with an antivirus program.

Good afternoon.

On the disk, in addition to “regular” files, there are also hidden and system files, which (by design Windows developers) should be invisible to novice users.

But sometimes you need to put things in order among such files, and to do this you need to see them first. In addition, any folders and files can be made hidden by setting the appropriate attributes in the properties.

In this article (mainly for beginner users) I want to show a few simple ways how to easily and quickly see hidden files. In addition, by using the programs listed in the article, you will be able to catalog and organize your files well.

Method No. 1: Configuring the Explorer

This method is suitable for those who do not want to install anything. To see hidden files in Explorer, you just need to make a few settings. Let's look at the example of Windows 8 (in Windows 7 and 10 it is done similarly).

First you need to open the control panel and go to the " Design and personalization"(see Fig. 1).

In the folder options, scroll the list of options to the end, at the very bottom put the switch on the item “ Show hidden files, folders and drives"(see Fig. 3). Save the settings and open required disk or folder: all hidden files should be visible (with the exception of system files; to display them, you need to uncheck the corresponding item in the same menu, see Fig. 3).

Method No. 2: installation and configuration of ACDSee

Official website: http://www.acdsee.com/

One of the most famous programs for viewing pictures, and multimedia files in general. Besides, latest versions programs allow you not only to conveniently view graphic files, but also work with folders, videos, archives (by the way, archives can generally be viewed without extracting them!) and in general, with any files.

As for displaying hidden files: everything is quite simple here: the “View” menu, then “Filtering" and the link " Additional filters"(see Fig. 5). You can also use quick buttons: ALT+I .

In the window that opens, you need to check the box as in Fig. 6: " Show hidden files and folders» and save the settings made. After this, ACDSee will begin to display all the files that will be on the disk.

Viewer programs (photo viewing) -

Method #3: Total Commander

Total Commander

Official website: http://wincmd.ru/

Couldn't ignore it this program. In my opinion, this is one of the the best tools for working with folders and files, much more convenient than the built-in Explorer in Windows.

Main advantages (in my opinion):

• - works an order of magnitude faster than conductor;
• - allows you to view archives as if they were regular folders;
• - does not slow down when opening folders with a large number files;
• - huge functionality and capabilities;
• - all options and settings are conveniently at hand.

To see hidden files- just click on the exclamation mark icon on the program panel

How to find hidden files and folders?

There are situations when we need to find out what our loved ones, friends or employees are hiding on the computer. In most cases regular users don't use special programs that help and hide their confidential files using the tools of the Windows operating system itself.

I’ll tell you how to find a hidden folder or file in today’s article. We will do this using the Hidden program File Finder- programs for finding hidden files and folders.

How to find hidden folders and files?

Of course you can install in Windows settings“show hidden files” and wandering through folders to look for where and what is hidden. You can also check the “search in hidden files” checkbox in the search, but without knowing the file name or extension, you will have to search for a long time for those same hidden folders and files.

Hidden File Finder - a program for finding hidden files and folders

Unlike previous methods, Hidden File Finder can find and display a list of all hidden folders and files on your computer. The program works quickly. The interface is English, but everything is intuitive, and you can special problems you can figure it out.

Working with Hidden File Finder

First of all, you need to download the program. This can be done using a direct link from the developers’ website.

After installation, launch the program. Select the desired area hard drive and click on the Start Scan button.

After a few seconds, you will see a list of all hidden folders and files found.

In the results window we see several vertical columns:

• object name
• object type (folder or file)
• creation date
• object size
• full path

By right-clicking on the selected object, a context menu, where you can: delete a file or folder, go to a folder, search for information on Google or send it to a service for scanning online checks files for viruses. You can read more about these services in the article ““, where we wrote about best online services checking files for viruses.

There is also an option that allows you to make a folder or file visible directly from the program, that is, exclude the marked object from the list of objects hidden from the user file system. The program marks objects that have been transferred to the group available for viewing in Explorer in green.

That seems to be all, now you know how to find hidden folders on your computer. In the future, I'm going to write some more articles on hidden files in Windows and MAC. So, subscribe to us on VKonakte, Odnoklassniki and Facebook so as not to miss new materials!

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