 | "Wonderfully Useful!" Some files marked as system files will NOT allow you to use the normal right-click/properties & change hidden or not hidden status.
Example: In Windows XP Pro, click start/my computer. In the window that comes up, go to the top where it says tools/folder options & click that. In the tabbed sections at the top, go to view & click show hidden files & folders. Scroll down & uncheck hide protected operating system files. Click ok when it prompts you are you sure? & click ok on the button at the bottom to apply.
So that it will refresh, close the window out, & go back to my computer, then notice that now you see a hidden system file called system volume information.
Right click it & choose properties. You will find that the option to unhide it is greyed out.
Now, it may not work with all, but have tested this utility after it was installed & it did give the ability to change the hidden attributes.
But I had to first uncheck the option that this was a system file & apply it, & once I made it a "non" system file, voila!!!! I could hide it, unhide it, whatever I wanted to with it!!!
This handy utility will let you change files that windows won't, so I see it as a better & superior alternative.
Why else would you use this? Certain keylogger programs mark themselves as system files so that even if you make all the files in a folder visible, it is still hidden.
This tool will allow you to unhide & remove the pesky program! in addition, you may wonder what else this is good for. Have hidden all the files in the C:/windows/system32 folder in addition to most of the files in the program files folder.
Why did I do this? Sometimes it happens that you want to see what programs like nero burning rom dump to your pc. There are 5 key areas. 1) program files folder, 2) system32 folder (may be system folder in older os like win 98), 3) common files folder (located in program files folder), 4) application data area for the currently logged on user, & 5) registry entries.
By hiding all the rest, you can easily see what gets dumped. After installing SP2 for XP, will notice one microsoft folder refuses to hide, but by making it a "non" system file first with this tool, then marking it hidden, voila!
by: Junk Buster
| 5 | 2008-02-25 |
