Since it seems that some people are experiencing Roy's problem but others
are not, I figured it must be something to do with different settings. As
Chuck points out, if you do not have the "Show hidden files and folders"
option set, the "secret" folders do not appear. Now, Roy did say he had set
this option on and it still didn't show the folders. However, I have just
tried turning off the option and then turning it back on.
I found that one must close all occurrences of WE for the setting change to
take effect. In other words, if you do not have the setting turned on, turn
it on and then close WE. Start it again and navigate to the same spot and
voila, the files and folders are revealed!
If Roy and Tracy did it just this way and it still would not show the hidden
folders, I would suggest there might be some sort of corruption in their
registry.
I have had the wonderful opportunity of recovering from a disk failure on my
system a few months ago, so my Windows 2000 is quite recent. Perhaps in
time, with the addition and removal of a lot of software and junk, the
registry might get screwed up to cause what Roy and Tracy have experienced.
At any rate, I would suggest they try switching the settings back and forth
a few times, exiting WE each time and see what happens.
Denys...
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Chuck Ryan
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT - Super-hidden files on Windows XP
Have you tried going into the folder options, from the tools menu of the
Windows Explorer, selecting the view tab and unchecking "Hide protected
operating system files (recommended)" and selecting the "Show hidden files
and folders" option?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Pierce [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT - Super-hidden files on Windows XP
>
>
> Running Win2000Pro, I have Roy's problems exactly. The article at
> http://membrane.com/security/secure/Microsoft_Is_Unscrupulous.
> html is well
> worth a read.
>
> Tracy Pierce
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:04 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: OT - Super-hidden files on Windows XP
> >
> >
> > I have no problem seeing everything in C:\Documents and
> > Settings\twbrandt\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files on
> > my Win 2K machine.
> >
> > At 10:47 AM 10/1/2002 +0100, Roy Brown wrote:
> >
> > >Umm, well, it happened to me.... and when I went looking for
> > why, I found it,
> > >just exactly like the guy said. I don't think my setup is
> > particularly unusual
> > >in any way.
> > >
> > >But how similar is the machine you tried it on? Win XP, in
> one of its
> > >flavours? If not, and not Win2000 either, you probably won't
> > see this.
> >
> > --------------------------------
> > Tom Brandt
> > Northtech Systems, Inc.
> > 313 N. 1st Street
> > Ann Arbor, MI 48103
> > http://www.northtech.com/
> >
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