Displaying hidden files

Yes everyone would already know how to display hidden files and folders... But here i shall show you how to solve that problem when changing the setting to "Show all files and folders just dosen't do the trick :)

First i will go through the normal method of changing the options and at the end we shall do a little more complicated stuff...

In Windows go to START --> Control Panels and choose "Folder Options":



Now you'll see the basic set of "General" view options for your folders:




Note particularly that this is where you can switch back to "Classic" folder views if you don't like the list of common tasks that appears in most folders you open (I generally like them, actually, as they help me figure out how to quickly solve problems, but you might prefer just seeing more files and folders in that window).

What you seek, however, is under the "View" option:



There that is the normal method... But if you still aren't able to view your hidden files then there have been changes made to you registry and we have to undo those changes.To undo the said changes follow the steps below and you shall have everything back to normal.... :)

To go to the registry editor

go to RUN and there type "regedit" and press enter.

Go to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

DELETE the value CheckedValue in the right window. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)

Now create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD). Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).

This should let you change the "Hidden Files and Folders" option.