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Questions tagged [hidden-file]

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"Super" Hidden Folder?

So, I bought an SSD to upgrade the speed of my PC, and started transferring extranneous files over to a 10TB portable USB drive that I had. In this effort to reduce the size of my hard drive before trying to clone it to the SSD to make it bootable,…
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How To show hidden Folders/Files

A few years ago, I had hidden my folders and everything using this command: attrib +h +s +r FolderName/FileName. Now I have forgotten all the folders/filenames. I, Of course know how to show my folders and files using this command: attrib -h -s -r…
Huratio
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Folder only seen with unticking "Hide Protected Operating System files"?

I got an external flash drive, plug into my school's lab for use, and came back noticing all my folders have gone missing! The space shown taken is still the same Then I played around with all Folder Options, unticked "Hide Protected Operating…
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Why couldn't I delete files in cmd and PowerShell without `-Force` when I can do that in Explorer?

I copied some files using macOS Finder to an exFAT partition so I ended up having lots of hidden dot files in the folder. I can delete them without any issue in Explorer, but whenever I run the del command I always get "Could Not Find" error in cmd…
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How to remove hidden Microsoft files starting with ~$ on Mac

I have a Mac running MacOS 12.3.1. I've noticed that all over my file system, there are hidden files from Microsoft apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) that start with ~$. All of these hidden files have similar names to files I've created in the…
Evan Smith
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WinSCP is auto hide folders with (.) prefix

When I upload folders beginning with (.) such as (.dart_tool) to the server through WinSCP, they automatically got hidden. I don't want them to be hidden in the server. How can I Prevent the program from doing this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks…
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How do I recover System files?

I used the attrib command to hide a file as system, something like this- attrib +s +h example.txt Is they any way to recover this file without knowing the file name and/or the directory? I mean is there any way to unhide these files like the normal…
batchcoding____s
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How to remove files that don't show up in CMD dir list but do show up in power query

This is my first question here so I'll to try be as clear as I possibly can, but if anything is unclear please give me some feedback! I am a Mechanical Engineer using the CAD software SolidWorks. I have a problem with some files that show up every…
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Windows 11 keyboard shortcut to show hidden files

In Windows 11, what is a quick way using only the keyboard to hide or show hidden files in File Explorer? Windows 10 provided this through keyboard shortcuts for the ribbon, but the ribbon is gone in Windows 11. The new toolbar seems to have little…
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This folder(every folder in C drive) is empty after WIN10 update. But it occupies several hundred GB

After win10 update on last Friday, my computer didn't turn off, so I turned it off. After rebooting, the below line on the black screen occurred, it says fixing HDD some %, eventually it was checking over 100%. I turned it off and checked the HDD by…
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How to use keyboard shortcuts for hidden desktop shortcuts/icons?

I created a shortcut on the desktop and assigned a Keyboard Shortcut to it from the properties menu to it. Now if I assign the hidden attribute, the shortcut gets hidden and Keyboard shortcut stops working. What can I do that the shortcut remains…
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Accidentally deleted .Trashes folder. What should I do?

When I unhid all the hidden files and folders on my external flash drive, I accidentally deleted the entire .Trashes folder. I searched about it online and I got the answer that this "Trashes" folder is a recycling bin for the flash drive. There's…
NowOS
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Layers list is missing due to fliter?

I accidentally applied a filter somehow to my layers. I can't figure out how to undo it? I was working on a birthday present for my friend.
Revi Murphy
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What's hiding inside this mystery audio file?

I have an unusual problem, of which I am struggling to find any answer. After cleaning out my Windows installation, I found an m4a song file set as hidden in my documents (The Mother We Share by CHVRCHES). It was last modified in 2016, and I do…
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After Backup and Sync tried to delete a file, I can't delete it manually

My access to a folder in my Google Drive was removed, and I had synced it with my Windows file system using Backup and Sync. The folder should have been removed, however, Backup and Sync is giving me an error that I can't fix. There is one tiny file…
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