A few days back, a client came to me and told me that he was having trouble with his Windows XP. The show hidden files and folders was not working at all. If he selected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated properly. So here is what I did to restore it back. There are so many methods to restore back the registry. If one method is not working, please try another one.
Method 1:
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
Now you’re all set to go. Check it in your tools menu if the changes have taken effect.
Method 2: (By Random Hajile)
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! 
Method 3:
If none of the above methods work, please download our Smart Virus Remover from here:
Smart Virus Remover (544.7 KiB, 280,217 hits)
Using this Virus Remover please restore your Windows settings and your show hidden files and folders will be set to default.
Please spare a few moments from your precious time and tell us about your experiences.
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Tags: Anti-Virus, folders, microsoft windows, registry editor, type regedit, windows registry
May 14th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Salaam
how are u and howz ur health kia hoo raha hai bahi
Thankz 4 Hidden Folder Option, aik aur kaam kar deen yaaar yahoo ka Account Delete kar saktaa hain and …
?
May 15th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Ali Mohsin, please don’t pour personal questions here. You may ask them through email.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Yes, yahoo account can be deleted. This webpage explains everything
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
ok bahi plz send me Link and tell me how i can delete yahoo and hotmail Account ?
Howz ur health Buddy ?
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:14 pm
oh thankz bhi Jaan u r Gr8
May 26th, 2007 at 4:32 am
Thanksssssss Bhaiiiiii….
Ur solution worked!!!
U rock !!!
Thnks again
May 27th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Great !! atlast someone got help from my article. Daman n Adi you are always welcome to ask any question related to IT. We will be glad to sort out your problem.
May 28th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Nice website. Keep up the good work.
May 30th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Hi!
I tried doing that. But the problem still remains.
I am able to change the status to “Show hidden files and folders” and apply the changes. But it doesn’t save it.
So next time when I open Folder Option, its again “Do not show hidden files and folders”.
May 30th, 2007 at 10:49 am
You can apply the above registry tweak to show hidden files and folders permanently..
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:00 am
Hi Sanix, its really good to find out the solution for that problem, thanks n regards, khurram
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:15 am
The solution really works great. Indeed I am very much delighted to know how the bloggers of Pakistan are emerging. I am a Professional Technology Blogger from Islamabad. I started blogging in 2007 Jan and am more like a professional in this field now. Do check my blog and keep up the good work.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
thanks for the reply but it does not solve the problem.it again goes to do not show files. although i have scanned with th eantivirus.
June 7th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Yes, it works perfectly. Many Thanks and good luck . GP-INDIA
June 7th, 2007 at 8:35 am
In one of my clien’s XP changes in Registry is also not save and take effect for Hidden folder option. Now What?
June 7th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Thanks Khurram for the compliments, I will try to add more useful content to the blog as soon as I keep getting more spare time from my job.
Dj Flush, your site is really very good. I’ve added it to my feeds reader so that I may check back regularly. Yes it’s really sad to know that not much of the people from Pakistan write technical blogs. But I hope that more people will start blogging once the advantages of blogging become more like “public”.
sharad have you restarted your explorer after applying the registry tweak?
GP, glad to see you happy. Keep visiting.
Amit, have you scanned from viruses and spywares online? If not, please do a virus scan so that all the traces of the infecting virus can be removed and then apply the registry tweak. It should save and immediately take effect.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Thank You very much for the Trick, dude. You are GREAT.
June 17th, 2007 at 8:26 am
the value gets back to 0 even if you change it to 1
June 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
shabahat, probably the virus is still there in your system. Try to scan your system using online virus scanner and then see our post about killing the ravmon virus here.
June 19th, 2007 at 10:48 am
The show hidden files and folders isnot working at all. If Iselected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated properly. So here is what I did to restore it back.
I have tried all the possible solutions as prescirbed on this website, but still the problem persists. Now what should I do.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:01 pm
i go in the regedit and did all the setting as u mentioned but hidden folders still not working then i install ravmon.exe but the problem is still there.plz tell me some other solution to unhide my hidden folders.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:33 pm
my run icon is disable .. its work in save mood but when i typed ther regedit its not working .. so what to do can you solve my problem
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am
If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!
June 22nd, 2007 at 11:18 am
Thanks Random Hajile for sharing your experiences… People share your experiences so that others can benefit from yours..
June 24th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Dear Random Hajile, I am very thankful to for providing this solution. The problem is solved now. and the folder options are now working now. Now I can see unhide files.
Thank you once agian.
June 24th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Random Hajile…Xcellent!!!!…thank u for the insightful and helpful information…all systems are GO!
June 24th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Hello Dears;
How to disable “Folder Options” in win98. It can be disabled in winxp when to type gpedit.msc in run.
June 24th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
thanks Sanix & Random Hajile
June 24th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Hi!
I have this hidden files problem. I tried you solution but it didn’t work. The hidden files doesn’t appear and, the registry continues with the 0 value, even after I change to 1.
someone has any ideas?
thanks
June 25th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Well Thx everybody 4 ur valuable comments and solutionz
it is such a nice and constuctive platform 2 helpout persons all over the world
1c again thx alot
June 25th, 2007 at 7:26 am
dear all,
can sum body hep me out now a days i m facing a prob wid my laptop. “it has slowed down alot”, i hav installed 2 antivirus softwares “kaspersky & AVG 7.5″ to make my laptop secured from various viruses.
and another prob that i installed 1 softwre called “sony ericcson PC suite” i unintendly uninstall the software through “windows installer cleanup” now its not showing in control pannel but its icon remains on desktop and sumtym ven i start my pc it shows the messge of corruption of software kndy if sum body has any idea then help me out for both of my probs
thx n luking forward
June 25th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Lohith, probaby your system is infected with any virus.Try to scan your system using online virus scanner and then see our post about killing the ravmon virus here. and download the patch
June 25th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Hai,
This is Lohith from india..Actually my laptop was infected with Trojan downloader DLF.LM..Now it is removed..But show hidden files option not working…What ever you suggested i have done but its not working..Please kindly help me in this matter
June 25th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Thanks everybody for taking time to comment here and sharing your valueable experiences. For those who are still in trouble even after the tweaks mentioned in the post, it seems like you people have not scanned your system for viruses and the virus keeps on activating itself after you cancel its effect. So I would recommend a thorough virus scanning of your system before applying the tweaks above.
Muhammad Rizwan, I would recommend you should always use only one antivirus for optimum performance. And secondly, the software you removed has probably not removed itself from the system startup. Go to Run –> msconfig –> startup .. and uncheck the program if it exists to stop it from starting on startup. And the desktop icon will only be a shortcut so it would be safe to delete it.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:19 am
thx buddy for ur valuable recommendation.
but wht i m facing is that its not showing in startup and also the desktop icon is not deleted i dun knw y?
well
and u recommend taht i shud keep 1 antivirus ok then ca u recoomend any1 which ca really help me out.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:13 am
well i hav got 1 new prob, “task manager” has been disabled by administrator msg is showing ven i press cntrol+alt+del button in order to stop any runnig application+process.
i hav run Lavasoft adaware s/w but its not working, kindly tell me the solution
June 26th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
absolute solution, keep up the good work.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Thanks Sanix, the patch worked fine. I have AVG 7.5 that checks for updates daily and does a full system scan after that. Even then, it didn’t detect the virus. I believe that my USB thumb drive is the culprit. Is there any other way in which I can scan my whole PC including my thumb drives? I haven’t used my thumb drives on my PC while and after running the patch.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Muhammad Rizwan, you can see my latest post about enabling task manager for your solution:
http://technize.com/2007/06/27.....nistrator/
June 28th, 2007 at 2:16 am
Sanix-
thank you thank you for the regedit. Saved me!
June 28th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Dear Sanix,
I edited my registry (Hidden through your simple and detailed instructions) twice but my radio button is still stuck on “Do not show files”.
Do you know any other way around it?
July 6th, 2007 at 8:32 am
it worked ravmon virus killer is gr88888888888
thanks a lot
July 6th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Hey thanks dude.. your solution was quite helpful… irritating hours of searching and scanning were reduced to a couple of minutes.. yours was the first google search result. thanks a bunch man.
Anand
July 6th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
in winXP pack2 in tools menu the ” folder option ” is noty display… help me..
July 10th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
hi,
thanks for the suggestion.. but it does not work for me…
i did the exact procedure what u said.. but after i change the value to 1 and go to explorer to change the settings to view hidden files and folder, the settings in the registry changes back to 0..
plz help me…
thanks,
vivek
July 11th, 2007 at 7:10 am
I am having trouble with my Windows XP. The show hidden files and folders was not working at all. If i selected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. I had tried on u r suggestion but it is not working again
July 11th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Hi there,
I m facing the saem problem & I tried your solution but it din’t workout. Do you’ve any other option ? pls let me know.
thanks..
July 12th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Dear Concern,
I have done your excersize but my problem has not be resolve kindly assist me if passible kindly provide me your no also.
July 13th, 2007 at 2:47 am
thank
July 13th, 2007 at 5:54 am
In fact I have another Problem. I did in the past choose to hide some files, and now the option allowing me to uncheck the “Hidden” can’t be clicked anymore! Anyone know what I can do about this?
Regards to all
July 14th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Thanks a lot for your post…
the solution worked .. hurray[:)]
July 15th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Just Add This to your Registry to fix it
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30499″
“Type”=”group”
“Bitmap”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\
48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
00
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51131″
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30501″
“Type”=”radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000002
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51104″
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30500″
“Type”=”radio”
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51105″
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000001
July 16th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Hi all,
i had installed a mcafee anti virus software few weeks back, due to some problem i was unable to uninstall it properly. So myself i have removed it manually.
Now i am unable to use mcafee with full function. Even unable to install it completly.
any solution for this?
July 16th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Hi everybody
i too have this show hidden files problem.
i have tried everything. when i change hidden value in registry. radio buttons of show hidden files and do not show files are unselected. After changing registry value, If i click show hidden files and click apply, It goes back to the default “Do not show”. changes would just disappear.
July 16th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
uhmmmmmmmmm………Try removing the virus(or what so ever that’s interfering with your registry) before doing any registry modification
July 17th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Hi all,
Please help me out from this.
i had installed a mcafee anti virus software few weeks back, due to some problem i was unable to uninstall it properly. So myself i have removed it manually.
Now i am unable to use mcafee with full function. Even unable to install it completly.
any solution for this?
July 19th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Hi All i come here today coz i was have abad proplem And i Find teh solution here posted by Random Hajile i cant go without say thx alot for your hep …
i wanna say somthing for all that kasper sky and avg is not the best antiviruses there is McAfee 8.5 + Anti SpyWare i used It Right Now It’s Really Good But You Have To Download the last update to see that it’s the best One .. Alot Of Kiss For All
For Contacting ===> l8l_Angel_l8l@yahoo.com <=== i am ready to help any one thanx all
July 20th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
hi. i tried above solution but if i restart my computer the again not able to see hidden file …pls if can help me
July 20th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
hi.. i tried ur solutio on “not albe to show hidden file ” but if i restart my computer it again return to intial condition…pls help me
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 am
Dear friends;
I have 2 questions from you:
(1): I deleted the entire folder of the Acrobat 8.o from my computer. In normal way, It could not unintalled so I deleted all the files associated with Acrobat 8.0. It is still present from Add/remove programs. The problem is, when I clik on the right button of mouse on any file/folder, windows intaller opens and searching for the Acrobat 8.0. How to fix this problem.
(2): How to change the drive letter of a drive/cd-drive.and also to change the name of the CD-Drive.
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
That was awesome. Thanks for the solution
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Thanks for the information. Now I am able to see hidden folders.
Thanks
Ilyas
July 28th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Thanks alot Random Hajile, really appreciate your help.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:01 am
Thanks this works
July 30th, 2007 at 10:22 am
its not working
wat to do now
pls help
its urgent
July 31st, 2007 at 6:02 am
Hey friends, gud to see urdu being used on a forum
yaar i have the same problem that u just gave the solution for..that is hidden files option not working..i tried searching for the “hidden” key in the registry but i couldn’t find it..the virus must have deleted it..please help..i even tried creating one key by that name but it does not work.
July 31st, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Hah !!! Stupid RAVMON .. left its aftereffects on my PC
..
Nice to see someone of my own country to be helping out ..
TC
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Still not working. Can you help me
August 5th, 2007 at 3:01 am
works and thanks a lot . solved my problem
August 8th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Not sure where to put this but my computer is loaded with viruses trojans etc. Even after trying out that reg edit thing it still wont show. Tried anti viruses none of them seem to work. The virus i was trying to delete has a hidden folders in C: drive but as i cant show them I can’t delete them. Other side effets of the virus/s are unable to defrag, when I double click on CL drive it comes up the open with: window. Also occasionaly when I open task manager every time I move my cursor onto it it disapears. When I right click on C: and D: drive strange little symbols are up the top. These vaguely resemble 2Y.A Any help appreciated.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:54 am
thank sir for getting my problem solved
August 10th, 2007 at 4:06 am
help me Help me
how to get “Hide protected operating system files” back if it missing.
I must check it because there is a autorun.inf in C drive. But “Hide protected operating system files” missing so I can’t view it.
Help me!
August 10th, 2007 at 7:41 am
hi,
Some really good articles at your blog….!! Congrats..
This msg is to ask you wether or not i can use your articles at my website (www.freedownloadsnlinks.co.nr) ???
Looking forward to a positive response…
Thankx
August 12th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Thanks Random Hajile..ur suggestion worked!!
cheers!!
August 12th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
thanks Random Hajile
your solution worked….
thanks a lot…
August 15th, 2007 at 3:40 am
thannnnnnnnnks inta 3abkary
August 17th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
it’s not working in my case. i’ve changed value to “1″ three times, but when i tried to see the view hidden files… the value in registry automatically changed to “2″.
bhai, pls. help me. i am fed up!..
August 19th, 2007 at 3:44 am
thank you very much!
this worked perfectly! hope you won’t get tired of helping out other people, again, thank you so much!
August 19th, 2007 at 8:08 am
I tried the registry tweak… but its still not working…
August 20th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
thank u very much
August 21st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
hi,
thanks for your advise, but problem is steel pending, i am trying to solve this problem than i will inform all of you.
August 21st, 2007 at 3:58 pm
don’t u have any other methods .. it didn’t work in my PC
August 21st, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Dear Random Hajile, thx bro. Now i can delete all those hidden folders i created to check!! Ur a lifesaver.
August 22nd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
salam
really i’m thank you for helping me.
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:43 pm
in my computer,user Accounts’s name is different from welcoming screen!!!
what must i do?
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:55 am
Dear Sir,
thank u very much.. now i can able to c all the folders at my drive..
Have a g8 day,
S.Jayatheerthan
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 am
Thanks, that worked.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Just a one word to describe ya ………. Superb
August 27th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Thank You guys a lot, you solved a big problem ….
August 29th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Thanks a ton dude. It cracked it. Lobely
August 29th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
thank u dude but we should change the setting always dude…… plz find out tell?
August 29th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
hi all
can any one help me here.
i want to se hidden files.in my VIEW tab in Folder options, I cannot find the “hidden files and folder” option. can any one dig their head for me,
thanks
Shaz
August 30th, 2007 at 5:35 am
It’s a very good advice for all the people who are facing this problem.
Thanks for this solution.
Deepak
August 30th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
dear all
my be we need any windows utilities or program or anti virus which is fixing all these problem any body have this program or solve thanks by
September 2nd, 2007 at 8:12 pm
it didnt work iguess its some kind of a virus that should be removed
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
thanks Muhammad Abdullah,
I got the folders options error which is now corrected by your help.. thanks…
Allah Hafiz
September 5th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
One of my users had the exact same issue.
But in his case the registry values (both CheckedValue for NOHIDDEN and SHOWALL) kept reverting to 0 (zero).
I used RegMon and observed that every couple of seconds EXPLORER.EXE is setting the CheckedValue to 0 (zero).
Using ProcessExplorer I suspended the process EXPLORER.EXE and the updates stopped – I was able to change the value to 1 and it remained 1 after several refreshes with F5.
But with this process suspended the system was unusable, so I resumed it and the updates to 0 started again.
I used HijackThis and found an Autorun entry for C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AVPO.EXE which turned to be part of a malware – Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.blt
I was unable to see if the file still exists (maybe it’s hidden).
He had SAV 10 running but the definitions were more than an year old (6/30/2006) and LiveUpdate completed successfully but didn’t change the date.
I tried several anti-rootkit tools but the only useful one was Rootkit Hook Analyzer – it told me that there are 18 hooks and 3 of them were by WINCAB.SYS which is another malware AKA Infostealer.Perfwo.B
In Command Prompt I searched for -R-H-S files in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ and it found the following 3 files:
AVPO.EXE
AVPO0.DLL
AVPO1.DLL
I was able to change their attributes and delete the .EXE files.
So, I used Unlocker and was able to delete the 2 DLLs.
Rebooted the laptop and tested – now the setting in Folder Options stays and everything is back to normal.
So, it was one interesting case – I hope it might help you too…
Daniel
September 6th, 2007 at 3:32 am
it is the unique solution for this problem. and it worked perfectly for me.try this urself.
September 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Hi Sanix, Thanks for such a nice post…This really help lot of people there and also me….Keep it up
September 10th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Yes
i solved my problem to change reg vaule
Change registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
CheckedValue set to 1
September 11th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
thank u very much dear. it really worked by changing the registry key.
regards,
imran hashmi
jeddah – saudi arabia
September 11th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Greetings. This tip has helped me really a lot, i was facing this issue for a couple days, i think the problem was due to a virus infection. I got rid of it with AVG free.
Thanks a lot for your time and kindness.
September 11th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Booss it was really fentastic, would not even required to restart my machine. Thanks a lot. God bless
September 11th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Thanks man ….. thanks
September 11th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
in folder option dialog box cannot find “hide operating system files
September 11th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
in folder option dialog box cannot find “hide protected operating system files”
September 12th, 2007 at 11:07 am
This work great, i really appreciate it. thank you for hard work that made life easy for everyone..
September 12th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
hidden files option not working..i tried searching for the “hidden” key in the registry but i couldn’t find it..the virus must have deleted it..please help..
September 13th, 2007 at 11:16 am
i still have the same problem … and it seems the same virus is back …. or its not deleted using your solution … so please help .. help …. thanks
September 15th, 2007 at 1:47 am
My computer is attacked by virus. I manually removed them use autoruns. But I could not delete the hidden files. Your solution let me find the hidden files and deleted them. Now the virus seems to be removed. Thanks
September 17th, 2007 at 5:56 am
Bingo!!
Great work Sanix
Bravo!
September 20th, 2007 at 7:25 am
hello
i really appricated work done by you in regarding to show the hidden files. but i am sorry to say that i does not make any effect on my system. still problem is same, hidden files are not showing again. i would appriciate your feedback if you can provide me the option so i can fix my problem.
thanking you
September 20th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Didn’t work for me.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:42 am
i have problem with my hard drive when i open my computer and right click in drive letter they show unknown text format and i dont understand what can i do
September 21st, 2007 at 7:37 pm
abdul rauf, you can download ravmon virus killer to remove the unknown text format.
http://technize.com/2007/06/06.....us-killer/
September 21st, 2007 at 7:52 pm
thanxxxx a lot…….had problems with hidden folders…..not anymore…………the software cleared all the problems…
thanxxx a lot for the software
‘ll be looking up to this site a lot from now onwards……..
so keep up the good work
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:46 am
Thanx Sanix & Random Hajile. It Worked in my PC. Now i can see my hidden files. Thnx a Lot. And keep doing such posts.
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
iam very much greatfull to you.
your logic is working fine.
thanx a lot dear.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:49 am
Thanks Random Hajile
I already ad dword, but it had a value of “0″, so I changed it to “1″ and voile!
September 24th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Its really work i solved my problem to change reg vaule
Thank You
September 26th, 2007 at 9:59 am
my PC is affected by virus.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Its very Good. Can be remove All Program icon form start menu? if yes then how we can do it?
September 27th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Comments number 24… your the man!!!! thank you for your very helpful comments…God Bless
Giovanni Candelaria
Philippines
September 27th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Hy itz faheem here from pakistan, karachi I would definetily like to say some thing about the unhide scripts.
itz really bigg chutyapa just like you guys.
Thanks and regards
Note:- please send me your commnets about ma comment.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Thank you
Its working but again reverting back to old condition
September 28th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
My problem is defferent, SHOWALL\CheckedValue in registry is set to 1, but still it show no hidden file option as checked.
can any one help me.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Gaurav, please download ravmon virus killer and reset your Windows default settings by running it.
http://technodigits.wordpress......us-killer/
September 29th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
thank u boss…………!
October 9th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
even its not working please help me!!
October 9th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
thx man !!!!! it works for me
October 10th, 2007 at 11:01 am
thanks ravmon removal tool helped me a lot
October 13th, 2007 at 2:17 am
Many Many Thank to all of you! I had so many problems with my PC… It was infected by fun.xls.exe and this show hidden files problem came up! So i changed the registry… Now it’s working! Thx again guys…!
October 14th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
i have the same problem, i had this event, i insert a flash memory then
to open the default option is one called “auto” if i do doble click it
makes the svohost.exe reapear, maybe its linked to the showing hidden
files problem, i have tried everything to fix it, the svohost.exe its
gone but still no show hidden files
October 14th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I am unable to set “show hidden files and folders”.
I am running XP Professional SP 2. Dell 1GHz Pentium system.
When I go to file option, click view, then click the button:
[x] show hidden files and folders, click apply, click OK.
Than, when I click file option, view, again,
the same button has been remove and enable the button – “Do not show hidden
files and options”.
What did I do wrong? Is there something else I did not do?
Thank you.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
thank you very much!! im going to try it.. i hope it will work…
October 15th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
sir,
actually my problem was solved by using ramvon antivirus………but now it’s showing a different kind of error………just after running the ramvon tool ……..the hidden value again changes to 2(hexadecimal)……….if i click on the radio button of “show hidden folders” and then apply………….nothing happens……..just after closing the folder option window the ” do not show hidden folder is auto matically selected……..i am not able to see my any of the hidden folder…….
PLZ HELP ME!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Random Hajile you are a legend
October 18th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Hi Techs,
Thanksindeed, it worked…. i unfortunately used some crap software to lock the folder….. need to uninstall it
thanks onceagain….
October 19th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Hi All,
I have very worst problem of “JUNK MAIL”. I have unsubscribed many times from their mailing lists but they keep on sending me that mails. I want to override this all. From this page i have learned that E-mail account can be terminated. and now i need ur help on this.
Would any body (Especially Sanix) please advise
1) Is it possible to re-create the e-mail account with your old ID you terminated.
2) and if I terminate my account for a month of 2, will the “Junk Mail” stop to come my account.
I mean if i terminate my account, would it b possibel for me to re-create my account with the same old ID and would my e-mail account be deleted from all “junk mail” lists.
If there is any other solution please advise.
Many thnx for your kind help.
Regards,
Rizwan
October 19th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Hey, this worked beautifully…thanks a lot!
October 24th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Thanks Random Hajile, I’ve been looking for this for too long.
Quote by Random:
>>If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:
>>1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
>>2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
>>3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
>>4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
>>5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
>>6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!
October 25th, 2007 at 8:57 am
when i run regedit in run box its showing popup as registry editig has been disabled by administrator.
and even i cont see the folder options in my system
October 26th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
HI there,
I worked teh same way you told it is working quite well but now teh problem is when i again select do not show hidden files the problem again arises I again have to do it in the same way you told… Can you tell me why this happens, thanks again
Have a great day..
October 26th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Thanks a lot.. i helped me in recovering files..
October 27th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
ii
October 27th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
the problem is hide folder not working
October 29th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Thanks man
the registry modification worked
October 29th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Great ! It solved My problem. TNX
November 1st, 2007 at 8:43 am
Excellent posts. Adding those 3 registry entries solved my problem. Now am able to see my hidden files. Thank you.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Whenever opening the c drive, d drive it is asking for the program to open, even not able to browse any partition, I have unhide the OS files not able to find any ini file>>>>>>>>>>Please help musta be a virus.
November 2nd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hey dude, currently I’m facing a problem, and I’ve tried to use the solutions shows above and other solutions that post …It doesn’t solve my problem here. I’m so sure it’s come from my USB thumb drive. Yet, it infected my computer with some symptons similar as ravmon, just the different is..
I still couldn’t show hidden files, I’ve tried to change the value data to 1 in the Hidden registry, yet..it will automatically switch back to 2 or 0.
Then, bout the drive, whenever I double click on any drive, it will pop up with a new explorer.
In Control Panel -> add and remove files section, it just display alphabet A’s application then the rest was likely blank but yet i can see the space there..means I scroll til the end but showing nothing there..
Can anyone please help me to solve this and I not sure what’s the virus actually. But it’s the same.I can see an auto.inf and a .exe files within my thumb drive at the first time i plug in, then it gone and i couldn show the hidden files anymore. Please Help and Thanks.
November 4th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Its very good, Thank u !!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:52 am
Thanks Hajile
November 5th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Works like a charm!! – thank you!
November 6th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Thanks a lot I got my problem solved after changing the registry value in my machine.Thanks again.
November 8th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Dear
in my PC “show hidden files options dosn’t work” as u told the procedure go to registry edit n change the value to 1. i check the value that was 2 and i changed it to 1 but when i click Ok button the value will go again to 2. i run revmon removal tool also but it doesnt work. when i click on remove virus from harddisk a windows suddenly appears and tell me ur computer have no revmon virus or clean already.plz help me and reply me at my email which i mentioned above.
Rashid Aziz
November 8th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
using ravmone virus removal tool 3.2, click restore windows default settings. it should works.
November 8th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
OMG thanks so much.. this appears to be affecting South Asian computer networks the most.. not sure why. But the reg edit worked.
Thanks 
November 8th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
And almost forgot to mention: Thanks to GiangMJ for his comment on how to make the Radio Button work again: http://technodigits.wordpress......mment-1993
Worked like a charm.
November 11th, 2007 at 3:47 am
succesfuly unlocked registry used your tweaks but problem with “show hidden folders” still exsists.now don t know what else to do(have tried everything from this post) win VISTA ULTIMATE X86 running any ideas?
November 11th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
hi
i tried your removal tool
its worked
thank you
November 11th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
@tigetCro using ravmone virus removal tool 3.2, click restore windows default settings. it should works.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
thanx od3n but it didn t work on vista(maybe is this tweak xp only).didn t have ravmon virus on my system(according to AVAST,SPYBOT S&D,AD AWARE and RAVMON REMOVAL tool).dont want to format disk,options?
November 12th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
as i said,didnt have RAVMON,but there was win32:rontokbrl2,win32:rjump,win32:trojan.gen.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
yeah i did it,thanx sanix.bless yos
November 14th, 2007 at 10:32 am
hi… there is virus name autorun.inf its 1 kb file it is created in each drive. it gets deleted after 2 secs it is again created … more over hidden files are not working when i click on the show hidden files option and then apply it it doesnt happen it agin goes to dont show hidden files can u help me ….
November 14th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:
If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!
AWESOME THIS WORKED! THE ORIGINAL POST DID NO GOOD FOR MY COMP, KEPT DEFAULTING BACK TO DO NOT SHOW HIDDEN BLAH BLAH BLAH!
November 14th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
hello Sanix,
1st of all thankz! because of u i have been able to solve my folder option problem……which previously was not appearing but now its all good. i mean its appearing now.
but now i hve 1 more prblm n hpe to receive ur help. the prblm is : After selecting the “Show Hidden Files and Folders” option. It automatically again goes to “Do not show hidden files and folders”.
I have already gone through ur process but unfortunately that is not working. I have also gone through the post and tried but again all in Vain.
I also tried the ramvon tool option that also didnt work.
i also tried to change the hidden option in the registry but that is also not working i mean i change it to 1 but it automatically becomes 2(hexadecimal). I dunno whats wrong.
Can u please help me out Sanix……. i will b very thankfull to u…. hpe to get ur reply soon….
Please help me!
November 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Junaid, please scan your computer with an uptodate antivirus. Looks like you’re having a virus that’s not being removed. Without it being removed, you’ll not be able to restore your default settings. After the scan you can restore the settings with Ravmon Virus Killer.
Please see some of the online virus scanners here:
http://technize.com/2007/06/27.....-scanners/
November 17th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Hey, I tried fixing the “show hidden files and folders” problem, I’m using XP and your solution did not work. Even ifI use the “apply to all folders” function. When I run through the whole regedit process, I find out that the value has been changed from 1 to 0. What could be the problem? Thanks for all your help by the way
November 19th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
i have problem about virus rvhost.exe.i use the bitdefender scan online but cannot detect because virus rvhost.exe hidden the folders..how to remove the rvhost.exe..
November 19th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
its worked
November 20th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
GBERT’s Solution worked for me.
Thank you all for your contributions.
Its good to share idea’s
Perry.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:01 am
hey thanx a lot dude……
November 29th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
It Worked but again it come to its previous state …
Means it get hidden again.
December 1st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
dude the thing works man it helped me kill teh damn thing man i just love teh solution it helped save the day tahnsk a lot man thanks a lot
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:39 am
show my hidden folders was not working so i have done as it is said with the registry editor but when i hide my files and wanted to see them the problem shows up again……
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
hai
my problem is that i can’t see my hidden files
and if i click the option ’show all hidden files’ after clicking ok .it is unable to view hidden files . and when done to do the same ..
the radio button will be agin in ‘don,t show hidden files ‘ what shall i do.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
u did a fine job sanix. i have applied ur tip and recovered my problem of not showing hidden files. thanks a lot.
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:44 pm
show hidden files and folders not save
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
i am trying this but it cant work this problem is because of virus which creat folder in c:\heap41
and creat the systry icon ‘H’ and ask system startup
that same script is created my friend told me that
this is W32.Silllyban.A viru
December 4th, 2007 at 12:46 am
I am working on a coputer that had some virus (jbhook.dll). I have removed it and performed several scans with online (bitdefender, panda activescan, etc) scanners and adaware and they were all run in safe mode and all say everything is fine. However in Folder Options -> View -> Hidden files and folders, both options are always checked (”do not show” and “show”). If I select one only one will be selected and if I go back both are selected again. So I look in the registry at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced and There are two instances of “Hidden” one is set to “2″ and the other set to “1″. If I delete the one set to “2″ it stays that way until I go back in toe Folder Options -> View. Then the “Hidden=2″ is back in the registry. The “Hidden=1″ is left in there though. Also, The value of “Superhidden” is also always changed at the same time. Any ideas?
December 6th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Asalamoalikum
well i m getting a problem with my folder hidden option..when ever i click on “show hidden files and folders” and then click on ok it refreshes my internet brower and dont show me any hidden files.can u plz help me out of this ?
December 9th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
thanx buddy,,,
your solution worked ,,
could you do me a favour ,, can you send me some links by which i could learn hacking, i l be grateful to you.
December 10th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Thanks a lot …… IT WORKED !!
December 11th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Thank u soooo much u solved my prb thanx alot
December 11th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
hi! i have did according to ur above given lines. but no change have been seen yet. the problem which i actually have is that all the folders in my pc is showing 180 kb in size & it becomes .exe file… i should i do help please
December 11th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Thanksssssss
Ur solution worked!!!
U rock !!!
Thnks again
December 13th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
well. i think MY registry keeps gettin changed coz ryt after changing to “1″. STILL my hidden files are hidden and the option (TOOLS>FOLDER OPTIONS>VIEWS) is still on DO NOT SHOW!! please help. virus maybe?
December 13th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
i tried the above given method but nothing happend plz relpy me! the problem is still at its place
December 14th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Hi!
I have this hidden files problem. I tried you solution but it didn’t work. The hidden files doesn’t appear and, the registry continues with the 2 value, even after I change to 1.
thanks
December 15th, 2007 at 6:30 am
thanx a lot pal,,, ur suggestions really worked.
Now i can see all my hidden files and folders.
December 15th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
HI there,
Your reg edit did work..
I have another problem here. there is some sort of virus in my system and in my flash disk. first of all it disabled my ability to view the hidden files.. 2ndly it is producing some files with $tml$ sort of extensions. my macafee 10 is catching these files as PUPs but unable to delete them.. please guide me how to do..
regards,
AAZEEM
0092-321-9465461
December 16th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
hi sanix,
thanks a lot for this tip. i had struggling with this issue since past few weeks. i tried system restore. but it didn’t help. in fact my laptop is hp with xp preinstalled and didn’t come with a recovery disk. so pathetic.
now my hidden files are showing up. but if this was caused by some virus. i’ll have to work towards removing it.
thanks once again.
regards =)
December 16th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
OMG THANKS FOR THE HELP. IT WORKED WONDERS.
December 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
” Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:
If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
”
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!
i got only one problem when i reach Advanced i cant find the “CheckedValue” KEY at all.. so am i in the righ place or what???
December 18th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I am having Same problem, actually in my XP’s registry CheckedValue DWORD is already 1 and I am not able to select ‘Show Hidden Files Option’
December 20th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
nothing happened by changing the value to 1 in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
December 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
nothing happened when i changed the value to 1 in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:07 am
That was cool dude, whoever posted it. My friend was telling me it was a variant of the win32 virus and that it could not be fixed without a full OS reinstallation. I’m doubtful about the former, but now i know the latter isn’t true. Keep up the good work!!
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Hi..The thing worked and all the hidden files are visible now…But after again restoring the HIDDEN value to “0 ” i can see anythin and the folder options to see hiden files …so if u can also help for this then i would have been very gratefull to u..thanks
December 24th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
On my Laptop i cant work with check SHOW HIDDEN FILES & FOLDERS, when i did its directly checked out DNT SHOW HIDDEN FILES & FOLDEERS automatically…
Plz help me..
I will b vry thnksful to You
December 25th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
hi dear i try to follow these steps
value even change to 1 its not working
i import registry from an other computer which is working normally
its shows all hidden files but after few minutes its turn back to same state so how to solve this
December 25th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Hi…
For those who experiencing the registry values (CheckedValue for SHOWALL) kept reverting to 0 (zero), try out this link
http://www.filination.com/tech.....ool-patch/
.
December 26th, 2007 at 1:46 am
hi…
i tried all these stuff still my hidden files are not appearing and even i clich show hidden files option it is cming back to same problem
plz help me to solve this problem
December 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Tnx allot it work with me.
December 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
thnx a lot,i got the solution and it worked.now i dont hav a prblm with show hidden files and folders
December 27th, 2007 at 11:08 am
i have tried this procedure but still the problem is persisting
December 27th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
thanks for the information. but the hidden key is not there. what can i do?. please give me a solution.i created the hidden key and setted the value as 1 but no ; it is not working after restart.
thanks in advance.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
i have one more doubt. in my system one virus is there ” Music.exe” how to remove that?
December 27th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Did not work. Problem still remains
December 27th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
hi it worked thanks
December 28th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
so very effective! love you guys! thanx a lot!!!
December 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
i had been struggling to get it worked for the last 3 hours…finally i googled and got ur solution…within 2-3 mins i got all my files and folder back to unhidden mode (which had been set to hidden mode by the fun.xsl.exe worm…it had been a BIG TROUBLE removing that…thanks to norton
….and finally BIG thanks for ur solution… 
Worked perfectly with Windows XP..SP2
Had been effected with fun.xls.exe and autorun.inf in all the root drives and removable USB drive (stick)
WORKING FINALLY NOW…!!!
Cheers!!
Happy new year in advance…!! take care..nJOY!!
Regards
Manesh Koovappillil
Mumbai, INDIA
December 31st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
thanx buddy very helpful
Delhi
India
December 31st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
thanks
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
my hidden file not show
January 4th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Thanks a lot .
this solution is working
January 4th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
it DoeSnt Work! what will i do, it goes back to dont show hidden files
January 4th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
it DoeSnt Work! what will i do, it goes back to dont show hidden files i dont know what to doo!!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
The solution of chaging the hidden value to 1 is not working
January 6th, 2008 at 2:30 am
nice one mate i’ve had this problem for awhile, whilst tryign to delete pesky virus’s and not being able to see them is rather annoying. cheers again i seriously owe you
January 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
hey friend plz hellllllllllp me out …………my problem of show hidden folder is not yet being solved plz help me…..i have tried everything
January 7th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Thanks a Ton!!
it worked like magic, i think i have already removed the trojan/spyware etc from the pc which might have caused it!
now it seems fixed!
thank you ever so much!
well wat i’d like to know is, how did u reach the point where u changed the entry! i’d appreciate a mail if you are gonna reply me!
regards,
Utsav Mistry
January 7th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
thanks for your valuable information
January 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Thx I experienced the same problem and it resolved after following the steps.
Regards,
Maurya
January 10th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
it DoeSnt Work! what will i do, it goes back to dont show hidden files.. please hel me out with this..
January 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am
in my PC “show hidden files options dosn’t work” as u told the procedure go to registry edit n change the value to 1. i check the value that was 2 and i changed it to 1 but when i click Ok button the value will go again to 2. i run revmon removal tool also but it doesnt work. when i click on remove virus from harddisk a windows suddenly appears and tell me ur computer have no revmon virus or clean already. And if i click on show hidden files and folders its again going back to dont shown files and folders.. plz help me and reply me at my email which i mentioned above. and if i click on
January 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Great!!! I had exactly the same problem, I followed the instructions and it did work.
Thanks
January 11th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Here’s a fix thats guaranteed to work.
Go to the following registry key:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)
Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD). Modify the value data to 1 (0×00000001).
This should let you change the “Hidden Files and Folders” option.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
It did not work. I shall try Hasan Tahir’s trick now.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
THEN>>>>>>>>>
Go to the following registry key:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)
Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD). Modify the value data to 1 (0×00000001).
that’s work for me, may be hasan tahir trick is the clue but i did the 2 and now everything just fine.
ty u all guys
January 12th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
i am unable to view my hidden files since the time i started connecting the flash disk. please help me from this virus of flash disk. moreover i am unable 2 use my yahoo messenger too.
please help.
thank you
January 13th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Thanks and it worked for me right away .
January 13th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks
January 14th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Its not working.. Value becomes 2 again..
January 17th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I did what compu did… Both the fixes… The one in the original post did not work, and I suppose Hasan’s fix was the one that worked for me in the end, but I did both. So yea. Thanks. This problem was annoying me to no end. Heh.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Thanks Hasan Tahir ; Your suggested remedy is very effective
January 18th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
but i could not display the hidden files.
plz help
January 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1
BUT IT,S NT WORKIN PLZ HELP ME.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
PLZ TEL ME HOW TO FIND HKLM?
M NOT GETTIN THIS….
January 18th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
saurabh, HKLM means HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. It can be found it the regedit tree beneath HKEY_CURRENT_USER
January 19th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Even after changing the value to 1 of the hidden key, the next time i check the value its still 2, any solution for this?
January 19th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
dese solutions are nt wrkin. should i try any antivirus.
January 20th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
excellent site…..
the top 3 best sites i had ever seen….
January 21st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
There is bthis virus that has affected my folders on my pen drive and has created av exe folder which is preventing me from opening my folder, it has also affected my registry and task manager. How do I deal with this.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Thanks very much
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
It really worked & was quite easy to understand & do.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:21 am
i have the same problem on pc, hidden files and folders option can’t work, i try all the solution u guys provide but still got problem, one thing i notice that in folder option window when click view button, first option is files and folder and 2nd option is hidden files and folder, i notice that before i have infected (now i completly remove the virus on my pc) a little folder icon on before these lines. 1. Files and Folder. and 2. Hidden files and Folder. but now folder icon is disaper and little arrow is here. can someone please tell me how i can fix that problem.
January 24th, 2008 at 6:03 am
thank a lot. any pc problem can check in this website ?
it feel so good, i can fixed this by myself & no need bring to workshop..
January 27th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Assalamu Alaikkum dear brothers and sisters. Yes its works well by d grace of allah. Alhamdhullilah..
January 27th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
thanks very. very very very much …………………………………
January 29th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
hi there
i did use ravmon on my vista pc but it didnt work
tell me what to do
best regards and thank u
January 31st, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Dude…The solution is working temporarily…. i mean if i go again to the folder options and select the show hiddden box, after checking it again it’s back to not hidden….NOD 32 updated didn’t detect any viruses…
January 31st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
thanks it help me
February 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
This will WORK!!!
Be aware that you actually may be infected by a virus, or maybe you once was, and the registry didnt get proberly restored.
You should open the registry, but remember to back it up. You can make a restore point in system restore, or just open the registry and export the whole thing, or export some selected keys.
Start >> Run >> (type) regedit >> (rightclick on the little my computer icon, and export the whole thing.)
find this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. Go to the rightside of the window, where the values are. Find the value “Hidden” . Rightclick it and modify it to 1.
This next text is from my own registry. Kopy it to notepad, then rename the notepad file, so it have the extension .reg ,and then doubleclick it.:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30499″
“Type”=”group”
“Bitmap”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\
48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
00
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51131″
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30501″
“Type”=”radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000002
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51104″
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
“RegPath”=”Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced”
“Text”=”@shell32.dll,-30500″
“Type”=”radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000001
“ValueName”=”Hidden”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=”shell.hlp#51105″
Hope this was helpful
February 6th, 2008 at 1:34 am
i have tried all of these tweaks but sorry to tell that nothing of this registry chnges worked for me if any one know any thing help full please help me .
February 7th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
whenever i click the D: or E: drive in mycomputer my Nortan 2007 shows that it has blocked “Hacktool.Rootkit” what is it? I have scanned thrice my system (full scan with Nortan 2007 and Windows defender) but they havent detected any thing malacious but still the alert is coming.
The hidden files too are not shown despite of editing the registry value to 1 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
hidden files
Please suggest an appropriate solution . I run my pc on 768 RAM 80GB HDD Windows XP
February 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
i cant solve my prob. of how to enable show hidden files or folders so please give some suggestion. i have windows xp professional 2000. operating system so please give some solution
February 8th, 2008 at 10:36 am
i have a prob. of show hidden files or folders not working so please give some feedback
February 8th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
thank u soo much!! it worked!! i have another question though.. wen i open my computer and click on any of the drives.. they dont open!! the “open with” window pops up.. and ONE more thing.. some of the files in my computer are highlighted blue.. as in their titles are in blue font rather than the normal black font…wat to do..
February 9th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Its working….
Thanks.
February 11th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I am from India, Thanks a lot. Now my hidden files can be viewed after I dowloaded Smart Antivirus and scanned the Lap Top. However Registry Edit method did not work. Two numbers Auto Run files were detected and removed. What a paid version of Norton Internet Security 2007 and AVG Anti Virus and AVG Spyware free editions could not do, was done by Smart Anti Virus. Thanks again.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:21 am
hi frd.u goto tools and select folder options
and goto view and select show hiddenfiles and press ok
then u show the hidden files,,,,…
still u didn’t get means ur pc on virus
download updated norton & remove smart antivirus
ok bye
February 12th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
i got my pc infected by pws-legmir.gen.k.dll virus.everytime i open any of my hard disk my mcafee antivirus gives me a pop up n removes it but it come again along with amvo1.dll ….and i cant set my hidden files option to show hidden files it reverts back to do not show again…….my mcafee is till date updated but unable to remove it plz help me to remove this
February 13th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Hey frnds, i am stuck in a prob, I can nt c my hidden files and folders, I hav done all the remedies given above. Whenever i change the value of attributes from 0 to 1 and close the window, It again changes to 0. and then the same prob I can’t c those hidden folders..
Please help me out
February 27th, 2008 at 8:16 am
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IT WORKEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Random Hajile……….THNANKS THANKS THANKS…..VERY VERY IMPORTANT FILES WERE THERE IN THAT FOLDER U R A SAVIOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANX ALOTTTTTTT………….U R SIMPLY GR888888888888!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
i did it i follow as the instructions hear given but not works i googled lot same solution cleaned with anitivirus also not works.. i done a simple trick with the key..
1.open “regedit” in Run.
2. I followed these steps with little change.
198 NaMmOoR
December 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
” Random Hajile, on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am Said:
If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus:
a. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
b. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
c. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
d. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
e. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
f. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! ”
3. I also changed in NOHIDDEN change value to 1
in SHOWALL change value to 0 , and check the folder option now
4. now change the values to the same
NOHIDDEN to 2
SHOWALL to 1
and you can see its works coooooooll…
dout i done it again i my friends pc. ROCKS…..
March 1st, 2008 at 12:46 am
Can u please solve this for me?
WHENEVER I OPEN “FOLDER OPTIONS” “VIEW” and if i unchek or check and apply “DO NOT SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS” my internet explorer refreshes and all the open web pages changes to ‘about:blank-microsoft..”
My internet explore’s default i kept is http://WWW.mig33.com
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 am
hi. i have problem with my N72 mobile. it can not show me messanges in my PC. i am already reinstall pc suite and restore my phon but it not work. it show a message “opration can not be compleated”
please solve my problem and mail me
shuvo009@yahoo.com
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Hi this is Arun, I wanted to thank both Sanix and Random Hajile for their time to solve this “hidden ” problem. Hails from India
March 7th, 2008 at 9:21 am
thanks a lot……..!!!
it worked for me ..
your blog is just wonderful
March 9th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Well, I have complete solution
It’s reason of virus who disable show/hide option of folder option
virus name amvo.exe, avpo.exe, oufddh.exe all are same first mostly require to remove from computer
open run>cmd
————-step1————–
c:\
c:\windows\system32\ (search also and remove amvo0.dll,amvo1.dll,avpo0.dll,avpo1.dll )
if it’s not remove try (attrib -a -s -h) attrib command on command prompt ( for more help try attrib /?)
———–step2————–
run>msconfig>startup[tab] // disable all suspected file
______step3_________
cmd>regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>
currentVersion>explorer>advanced
set value = 1 of hidden
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>
currentVersion>explorer>advanced>folder>hidden
set value =1 of showall
—————————————- now check ————
we must change on CURRENT_USER and LOCAL_MACHINE both bcoz system search read first from CURRENT_USER and
write first in LOCAL_MACHINE
——————————————————————–
I HOPE YOU MUST SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
sonal.jain13@yahoo.com
_____________________________________
March 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Thanks Random Hajile your tip works for me.
March 20th, 2008 at 8:41 am
please remove UST Scandal on my pc it coz a lot of trouble.
March 20th, 2008 at 8:48 am
hello i’m so depressed of what happening on my pc .I think a certain virus attacked my pc. It coz a lot of trouble . Please help me to remove this virus! I know you’re so competent to do this things! i know you’re the only one can do this> Thanks in advance!
March 20th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Just stumbled across this blog today and have already bookmarked it. This blog contains “ali baba’s” khazana for removing those viruses. May the Creator Bless you all
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
thnx for solve my problume … i m so happy …
nice trik for me ….
March 24th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
wait.. can i have the whole key plz?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advan???
March 25th, 2008 at 9:09 am
muneeb, the problem has been fixed. Please see the post again. Sorry for inconvenience.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
bro none of ur method work for me plz send me the solution on my mail i.e gotonitindua@gmail.com
March 26th, 2008 at 12:09 am
its amazing it worked
thanks for the good suggestion
added the site to my book marks
March 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Hey bro i had folder lock and some folder locked with password but my bitdefender showed all those password protected files and it is now renamed as .Ren files and doesnt open with any thing i think their exe is changed or corrupted dunno how can i solve the problem..can u please mail me the mail me the solution
March 26th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Hi!
I tried doing that. But the problem still remains.
I am able to change the status to “Show hidden files and folders” and apply the changes. But it doesn’t save it.
So next time when I open Folder Option, its again “Do not show hidden files and folders”.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Hi All… I have had this problem of not being able to enable “show hidden files and folders” for some time. Thanks to the advice above from all i was able to remove it. This is how:
Follow the instructions above regarding the registry…i..e:
Step 1:
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
Step 2:
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally.
Step 3:
The software you removed has probably not removed itself from the system startup. Go to Run –> msconfig –> startup .. and uncheck the program if it exists to stop it from starting on startup. In my case, i had a program without any name – it was a blank line – disable it.
After changing all the above (including step 1 and 2) DO NOT to enable the “show hidden files and folders” yet – you need to restart your computer.
Once computer is restarted, all should be fine. I recommend to run a virus scan again.
Regards
TK
March 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I tried the second method. It worked superbly in a machine, at my office. But when the same and the first one applied for a machine with a same configuration, it failed. I couldn’t find the answer. Machine in office always stays connected with internet, whereas the other one has no connection, does it differ?
I haven’t tried the last one.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Hi, every body, and thanks to Sonal Jain. I have updated my virus definition and then tried the setps, and vallah its working.
March 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
hi.. im not able to make changes in registry key.
i.e. the hexadecimal number is 2 and after changing when i open it again its still 2.
and when i delete the reg key and rename it.. it says it already exists…
please help me… and plus i’m seeing the option “1″ instead of ” show hidden files and folders”
please help me if u can
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
thanks for your valuable suggestion
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
asssh!!! man….
it worked man….A$$$$$
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Yep… Solution #2 concluded the fix (had already changed the HKCU Hidden value).
One note: You should also change DefaultValue to 1 or 0 (mine was set to 2 by a worm).
Thanks!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Hi every one, it’s for “abhinav”. Not to worry I have had the same problem, if you have anti virus installed then update it, probably the Virus definition is not upto-date. If you don’t have an anti virus then install updated one and do a system full system scan, deleted each and every threat. I am using “Avast Home Edition”.
and follow Sonal Jain’s stepsWell, for a complete solution
from Sonal Jain:-
It’s reason of virus who disable show/hide option of folder option
virus name amvo.exe, avpo.exe, oufddh.exe all are same first mostly require to remove from computer
open run>cmd
————-step1————–
c:\
c:\windows\system32\ (search also and remove amvo0.dll,amvo1.dll,avpo0.dll,avpo1.dll )
if it’s not remove try (attrib -a -s -h) attrib command on command prompt ( for more help try attrib /?)
———–step2————–
run>msconfig>startup[tab] // disable all suspected file
______step3_________
cmd>regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>
currentVersion>explorer>advanced
set value = 1 of hidden
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>
currentVersion>explorer>advanced>folder>hidden
set value =1 of showall
—————————————- now check ————
we must change on CURRENT_USER and LOCAL_MACHINE both bcoz system search read first from CURRENT_USER and
write first in LOCAL_MACHINE
——————————————————————–
I HOPE YOU MUST SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
sonal.jain13@yahoo.com
April 10th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Thanks you for the Method(2) instruction realy help me to bring back show hidden file setting.
I have tried many methods that was discribe some web sites but didn’t work. Show hidden files setting was changed after attacked by some virus. Some how I managed get rid of virus. Thank you very much again that procedure given in your web site.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
This solution worked, thanx a lot!
But I found out one thing. If we do the step individually it did not work. When I did both the registry edit’s, it worked!
April 11th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Thank you allot
i visit allot of site
but like your solution i don’t see
thank you again
and keeping us attach to your experiences and advice
best Regard
Eng.Abdullah Software engineer
April 11th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Thanks a lot. I tried the 1st Method and didn’t work, but the 2nd worked just fine.
Thanks a lot!!!!!!
April 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Hey Buddy, Thanks for the solution, I was trying to get rid of this problen for last few months, you have the best option…. Now my problem is resolved.. Thank u very much…keep it up my friend…..
April 13th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Sanix, thanks for your advice, first time that I used a blog because IT people could solve the problem…now it looks like OK. Now I know the best method is to ask the wise people on the web.
Again…thanks a lot.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Thnks for your your solution for ” Show Hidden Files and Folders not working? ”
i used method 2 and done successfully
Thnks
Surendra
April 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Now it is working. First I tried 1st method, but it is not working, then i tried with 2nd method.
Thank a lot.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Thanks it works well
April 17th, 2008 at 8:53 am
“Random Hajile” you totally ROOOCK, man, now I can breath again, having my problem solved.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Hi
Thank you very much. To whom so ever, for smart_av.exe its a very nice tool to see the Hidden files. its worked stright away to me.
Here is the tool
http://technize.com/2008/01/22/smart-anti-virus/
April 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
thanks man!!!!! d 2nd one did d job keep it up
April 21st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
thx alot buddy
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
kooollllll…
April 24th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
all the times when i faced this problem i keep on formating windows but frm ur three methods first 2 didnt worked but ur software saved me…..its awesome yaar….thanx for the software…!!
April 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I was really getting mad with this problem… but thanx a million…. ur solutions were awesome.
Keep up ur good work…
April 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Thank you ……………Thanks a lot
I was struggling to retrive my hidden folders for a couple of days…..finally I am able to retrive it with your help….I am relieved now
Thanks again.
Dr Mahesh Devnani,MHA
May 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Thanks a lot for the info. My comp got infected with some virus and ever since I haven’t been able to retrieve my hidden files. But your blog helped. Thanks again!
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
its work tq
May 5th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
2nd method is Best way to get rid of this error….. Thanks to person how introduce it & how paste it here..
May 7th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Thanks a lot. Second option really works. Thanks again.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Restore All Folder Option Settings:
Method two worked for my situation. Thanks for your help. Great Blog.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Thank you so much for your explanation. I already tried and it worked. Once again thank you for sharing your knowledge.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:36 am
method 2 worked with me
))) and am really so thankfull for supporting 
May 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Hey thanks bud! your instructions worked….
cheers!
May 13th, 2008 at 10:09 am
thanks dude..its working..
May 14th, 2008 at 10:40 am
thanks Random Hajile
your solution worked….
thanks a lot…
May 16th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
thanx bro that smartantivirus is an awesome antivirus ……..
thanx a lot from my frnds side tooo
May 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
thanx buddy .. ur second option work
May 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Method 2 works smoother than Method 1. Hey, why is there no direct way of uninstalling Smart AntiVirus?
May 21st, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Thank you very much I now can show hidden files
regads
May 21st, 2008 at 10:37 pm
thanx for d help dude! =D
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
i had the same problem yesterday..started with a virus called semo2x.exe..(its a new virus as far as i know)…i downloaded pc tools antivirus it detedted it and deleted it but then my drives didnt open so i downloaded disk heel used it worked…then my hidden files didnt open so i followed the steps of the registery solution and it worked
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Thanks Yaar It’s Really Worked
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 am
thanks for the help it works u guys rocks//
May 24th, 2008 at 2:02 am
it works… thanks!^_^ God Bless..
May 24th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Great,……
Its realy working…Now i can see all hiden folders.
Tahanks………Great Help to me
May 26th, 2008 at 7:50 am
thx a lot. I fixed the problem using Method 2. I’m just curious when did the registry being changed.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Thanks mate. Method 2 worked for me. my system was infected by ravmon virus, which started all this trouble.
Cheers!!
May 29th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Thank you, its working
May 30th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Test
May 30th, 2008 at 1:23 am
This is the best option and the only one that works better.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Hidden = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\
Hidden\SHOWALL
CheckedValue = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
SuperHidden = “1″
ShowSuperHidden = “1″
May 30th, 2008 at 7:45 am
thanks sir
May 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Your solution really helped me to see the hidden files. Thank you very much !
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Works great, thank you
June 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
i used symentech and avira, but they didnt work perfectly.
but all these tips work nicely and save my time.
Thanks all of the honourable team members whos are helping and share their knowledge.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Thanxxxxx yaar……. method 2 worked 4 me…….
June 10th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Hi Sanix,
Thanks for ur logic……. and it works GREAT…….
I had solved the probelm with Ur 2nd method.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Thank you so much! and keep up..
June 13th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Method 2 worked for me. Thanks.
June 15th, 2008 at 11:29 am
method 2 works for me too..thanks
June 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thanks dude…it helped me alot.Really you saved me alot of time.
Regards,
-Praveen
June 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Excellent information mate..thanx a lot..helped solve a chronic problem..cheers
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 pm
THANKS!
the second option worked for me
YAHOO!!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Thanks. The first method did not work (it left the default unchecked in both option and checking “show hidden” did not yield results). The second method worked.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Thanks a lot. For me also first method did not work (When i used this both the radio buttons were unchecked and when i try to check the “show hidden” it went back to “Do not show”). But second method worked
June 25th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Thanks, both methods works.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
some times the registry editing trick is not working. After i change the value it used to same 2 after I save it.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Amazing, it worked.
thanks a lot
June 26th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
thnak you your best solution for shoe hidden files & folder
June 26th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Excellent dude, it’s working. Good Job
June 26th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
tahnk you very much.it worked
June 26th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
alsalm alykoum we rahmet allah we barakaoh
thnx for this great job
the first two methods didn’t work for me ,,, however ,,, the virus removal software did the whole job for me ,,
thanks again & again ,, I have been suffering from this problem for some time.
June 27th, 2008 at 5:16 am
I had not keys and folders of Method 2, but I created them and WORKS!!! Thank you
June 27th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Thanks Very much for this great job
June 28th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I very much thank you for your Anti-Virus program.
When nothing helped this little program did it.
TANX!!!!
June 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
awsome teaching.. now my folder option is working properly. thanks alot alot alot
June 30th, 2008 at 1:44 am
this little program of yours really did the job for me.
thanks pal
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Absolutely great!
Many thanks!!!
July 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
thank you very much, it’s been a great help..
but can you plz give the source code.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Thanks alot, the first method worked out with me fine. thanks
July 8th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
hello. my “Show Hidden Files or Folders” is completely missing. under the “Hiddens Files and FOdlers” option there is only one RadioButton option that says – “Do not show hidden files or folders” and it’s selected. how can i get my “Show Hidden Files or Folders” back?
July 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
My problem was that, am not getting the show hidden files radio button under Folder Options.
The second option worked for me.
Earlier there was no DWORD for CheckedValue in SHOWALL in my registry. So, created a new DWORD and voila i was able to see hidden files.
Thanks for the post.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
hi guys, thank you so much, i was having this problem since jan08 and i just didnt know what the hell to do.i tried option it didnt work and tried option 2 and it worked. thank you so much guys.
many thanks n best regards
dhirav
July 11th, 2008 at 9:56 am
my computer at home was infected with viruses and even after removing the viruses, i couldn’t see the hidden files and it was very hectic for me to see the hidden files and i tried googling for the solution and i found the method 2 described above was very helpful.. thanks a lot..
July 11th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Thank you everybody who took time to comment here and everybody who solved their issue from this article. I am looking forward to knowing other computer problems. So if you have any kind of problem regarding computers, please tell us and we’ll try to troubleshoot the problem.
July 13th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
urs solution for view hidden file…fantastic
u awesome
July 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
urs solution helped me…
everyone told me i need to format my PC to remove this problem..
but ur solution(method 3) worked…
Thanks a million…
July 16th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
hey dude ..thanx man… ur suggestion regarding Hidden files helped us in sloving the prob.. gud.. !! keep d gud wrk.. !!
July 16th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Thanx for your info. It’s an useful instruction.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
WOOOOHOOOO!! THANK U SO MUCH RANDOM HAJILE!! AND U TOO TECHNIZE PEOPLE! MUACK! KUDOS TO ALL!!
July 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Thanks TECHNIZE. It really works. Solved my problems. Thank you again.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:43 am
First solution worked perfectly. Thank you
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Thank’s for the software.. because the 3rd method is worked..
July 26th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Thank You Dear
July 29th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
thanx,this helped me a lot
August 5th, 2008 at 6:18 am
Hello
My emailid:nikhild15@rediffmail.com
i used a pen drive of a friend,and he just bought it 2 weeks before, i brought some data from him using his pen drive, then i used all th nessecery precation of using it.
I safe ly removed it but then also some problem oucrred. the problems that my friends computer faced had now started in my PC.
Problems:
When i open my computer and tried to open a drive it opend in another window but the folder in the drive open in same window.
The folder option is not working and unable to view my hidden docs.
I had a Nortan protected recycle bin which allows my to get files which are automatically deleted.
in that i saw that 2 files :
one the autorun.inf and the other like dos file named Xqf.com and these files where deleted by exploreer and every second the number of such files increase as i have 4 partitions so evrey partition gets 2 files of bothe the above mentioned files and every second exploreer deletes them and they get collected in nortan protected recycle bin.
All the problems that my PC face are also in my frnds PC TOO.
I alo used ur smart virus remover but nothing was done.
Please solve this problem and reply me on my email id.
Thanks Technize
August 6th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I’m installed the smart remove virus software. the virus had been removed, but now i can’t open my drive c and d. it show the open with window
August 8th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Thank you Sanix and Random Hajile!!!!!…..the second option appears to have solved my problem of unworking show hidden files and folders! : )
August 9th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Thank you very much. The second option worked perfectly.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Using this Virus Remover please restore your Windows settings and your show hidden files and folders will be set to default. >> will this delete my files or programs that I save on my PC?
August 15th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I have the same problem, at first all the methods didn’t worked, but when i disabled the kxvo.exe or ckvo.exe at the startup, the problem is solved… TO do this. >>
Go to run>> then enter MSCONFIG, and at the startup tab, uncheck the kxvo and ckvo then restart the PC.. Then Follow method 1 and/or method 2.. The problem should be solved by now..
kxvo and ckvo.exe are malwares or virus , well i dont really know, Can someone help me how to remove those things ?? ^_^
August 15th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
thanks a lot for show hidden files n folders option.worked well
August 17th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
thanks for help if u konw any more?
August 17th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Thanks for the solution.
I faced this issue today and followed the registry editing method one… worked like a charm!
Issue resolved!
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Hi have the same problem i will try now……….
August 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Dear sanix,
I sent you 2 removal tools one to enable hiddenfile and folder option and another for autorun virus. you have not yet provided them in the download page. As i know it working and can help these poor fellows facing the problem.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Warning! Spyware detected on your computer!” with blue screen…
i have Nod smart security but my machine is still infacted…….there is any removal……plz help me
September 1st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hey Thanks a lot…
The 2nd step worked for me… Im Happy now
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
The 2nd step worked for me . its brilliant information
nice
September 5th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Third method worked for me! Many thanks from Brazil!
September 6th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
thnx a lot!!!workd out on the ver 1st attempt..thnx again
September 6th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
thnx a lot!!!workd out on the very 1st attempt..thnx again
September 7th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Thanx
The second method worked with me
September 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
i used method 1
its helpfull
thnx alot
September 12th, 2008 at 9:43 am
smart virus remover really rocks….
September 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am
thank you very much, my ps’s fine now
September 13th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Beautiful! worked a treat when i lost my ‘Users’ folder
September 14th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Thank you Very much … !!!
September 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am
if you cant show your hidden files using step given above, then i suggest you go the safe mode first then proceed with the step given above. Then why not you continue to delete the autorun file, .dll in the safe mode.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
thank you very much
the first two methods didn’t work but the third method worked perfectly
thanks alot i really suffered trying to know how to do it
September 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Thanks Buddy!
I faced the same Problem on both – my laptop & computer. The Virus was CKVO0.dll
Ur 2nd option worked 4 me, Hope it does 4 others too. The virus is still there, but avast alerts me when it tries to get active.
U ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
both methods didn’t work.. i dont really want to try the 3rd tho :<
help wah!
this is annoying. i have like 5 hidden folders and i can’t access them now cos the stupid folders wont show.
September 18th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
thanks! It worked!!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Thanks,
Applied Method 1 , no effect,
Method 2 – worked Ok to show hidden files.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Whoa! Extremely helpful website, thanks for the help!
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Hi,
I had this hidden files problem for almost an year, your solution worked for me, I appreciate your help. You guys are awesomeeeeee
Thanks
Shoaib
September 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
thank u……
September 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Try this command:
Its 100% working
cmd:
d:\attrib /s /d -h -s
same for all drives
e:\attrib/s /d -h -s
September 29th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Thanks alot for your information
September 30th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
tanx a lot dude……..i was a hell lot worried 2 solve dis prob……..nice blog too
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
very thank you.i am iranian
October 5th, 2008 at 11:10 am
The first 2 methods were not workin……the 2nd method had solved my prob about a yr back when i had the same prob……this time it didnt(i could modify the checked value to 1 but then when i went back i found that it was again reset to 0)…..
i downloaded the smart virus remover,
dbl clicked the downloaded .exe file,
right clicked the smart virus remover icon in the task bar,
selected restore default windows settings and then clicked OK
and then restarted my pc…..now i am able to see my hidden files and folders…
also in the registry editor i found that checked value is set to 1(in SHOWALL folder) and in the NOHIDDEN folder its value is 2
thx a lot!
SMART VIRUS REMOVER ROCKS!!!
October 5th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Works fine for me..Thanks man.. searched a lot and finally i got the proper solution here…
October 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Thank!
This worked wonderfully, it took only 2 minutes to get back the “Hidden Files and Folders” functionality
October 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Arigato!!!
Smart Virus Remover rulezzz!!!!
October 12th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Hej Sanix , yes your cure to recreate “Show hidden files and folders” WORKED ! THANX
October 12th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Thanks a lot!
my Show hidden… restored!
October 13th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Hell ya!! thanx to Smart Virus Remover my now i can acces my hidden files and folder ……..Smart Virus Remover saved my pc and it removed some other vius i didnt know about..lol…thx to the creaters to….i found this web site from google ived been on this problem from the morning and it took all day to find this website….i was about to quit when i sawthis program…..and it got fixed!!!!!worked on it from 9am-6:20pm until i found Smart Virus Remover….it only took like 2 min to finish it all!!!
October 24th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Thanks buddy!
November 16th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
I tried all these methods but no thing was changed. Can you help me further. I even format the drive C many times and reinstall win XP several times and I did the listed three methods but I still can not see the hidden files and in addition to that when i double click any drive in my computer window, its opens in a new one. Please help me further if u can
November 18th, 2008 at 11:40 am
thanxs buddy , itried AVG my vavorite V 8 , no use . but yr smart removal just in less than minute finish my fears ,,,, thanxs alot
November 19th, 2008 at 2:27 am
This tool is rubbish
November 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
nice 2 give guide lines 2 computer users ,
i was facing some problem on my p.c
while double clicking the local drives(hard drives) a seperate windows menu was coming,oniy at local drives, but not when double clicking the folders in that local drives.
yet i was using avast anti virus when we scan the computer a menu of that programe which ask for restart later it will scans the system again the menu for restart was comming .
when i plug usb to p.c virus found message comimg even though i format the usb also .this was coming the for all models of usb.
can u give ur suggestions to me and save my p.c aganist threats
awiting ur response.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:18 am
The first one I saw on another site and it didn’t work for me, however, there was a link to this site and I found that the second solution worked fine for me. Hope this helps other people as well!
November 21st, 2008 at 2:31 pm
ARGH!!
None of the solutions worked!
I know I don’t have a virus, this happened when i used my friend’s USB to obtain a hidden file.
Please HELP!!!!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Many thanks, Sanix, either method works. I tryed the Method 2: (By Random Hajile) first and it did work for me, cheers!
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Thanks sir
November 26th, 2008 at 7:39 am
thank u Mr. Sanix For Solving my prob which was to show hidden files and folders which was infected by virus. iam really thankful to u for ur his kindness. thanks again
November 26th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Yes.This is the most common problem in Windows.Kill virus!
December 6th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Option 1 and 3 didn’t work for me, but 2 did. Awesome, thanks a lot!
December 6th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Follow the steps told by Sonal Jain. It worked for me.
Thanks Sonal.
I found following virus definitions on my system – rcukd.cmd, disabled this file from msconfig utility, removed this file from all local drives using command
“attrib -r -a -s -h rcukd.cmd” (runthis command on all drives)
Cheers,
Kishor
December 9th, 2008 at 2:09 am
None of this methods works for me… every time i change the value to 1 and after i restart the pc, CheckedValue is 0 again
please help
December 9th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Thanx it worked.
December 11th, 2008 at 1:16 am
cool dude…. excellent. Method 2 worked for me.
December 12th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Thank you very much for your tutorial, Option 2 worked for me.
Thanks once again
December 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am
thanks a lot
December 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
salam…
thank dude..im very beginner plus ammature in this area..today i’ve done kill my virus and solve my pc prob with the info from this page..thank..and very2 thank you so much..hmmm anybody could tell me how to attach an image to blog(posting) so i could comment or post with an image inside..:)
December 14th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Dear locquel, I’m glad you solved your problem. If you want to share any picture with us, please mail it to sanix @ technize.com and I’ll post it on the blog.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Thanks ..
Helpful ..
December 16th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Thanks a lot for your valuable suggestions, but even after trying all the three options, i am not able to select the “show hidden files/folders option”. Updating the registry manually, also doesn’t help, as it changes its value automatically after a few seconds.
The smart virus remover also does not show any virus. I also deleted the autorun.inf files and restarted my pc a number of times, but this file gets created automatically all the time.
I am using Windows Server 2003. Kindly advise, what can be done?
December 16th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Balasubramaniam please make sure there are no traces of virus on your system. These methods will work only when the virus has been completely removed. Otherwise if the virus is still active, as soon as you change the registry, it will be reversed again.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Thanks a lot for your immediate response.
Can you suggest me any antivirus/anti-spyware which can clean my system, coz the smart virus remover which i installed does not show or does not detect any traces of virus on my pc.
Thanks !
December 16th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Hi its working fine .
Thanks,
December 16th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Balasubramaniam, Smart Virus Remover is only for a few common viruses. It is not a full fledged antivirus. You can see the following article which has got quite a few options for free antivirus software:
Top 5 Free Antivirus Software
December 16th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Thanks a lot for the valuable information and for your suggestions.
I will definitely try the antivirus you suggested and see if it solves my problem and let you know about the same.
Thanks again for your valuable time and information.
December 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I installed the ‘Rising Antivirus’ and scanned for viruses. Although it took a long time (almost 5 hrs.) to locate and remove/clean viruses, it was very effective and it solved my problem.
I changed the registry after cleaning all viruses, it worked.
Thanks a lot for your kind co-operation and very valuable advise.
Hope i face another problem soon, so that i can visit your website and gain more knowledge.
Thanks and regards
December 17th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Glad to know that you solved your problem. Keep visiting Technize.com. If you have any problem, feel free to contact us.
December 17th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Hello and Good Morning !
This time i have a problem related to Folder Lock 5.2.6
It was working fine till yesterday. But after cleaning viruses on my pc, i ran the tuneup utilities 2007 on my pc to clean the registry entries.
After this when i opened my folder lock folder, i could not see any file in the locker directory.
Pls. advise how could i get my files back. I even tried uninstalling and re-installing folder lock on the same drive, but in vain.
December 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Thanks & Sorry for the inconvenience !
I solved this myself.
i used the command prompt to view if i can see my files (e:\folder lock>dir/a/s) under the same directory and to my surprise i could see all my files.
E:\folder lock\locked\ascii>
the directory under ascii was showing some special characters
252 177 183 176 210 252 (i think the ascii characters might be differenct in different computers)
I then moved into the directory and with the moved command, i moved my directory out of this folder.
Hope this might be useful to others.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Balasubramaniam, great work
. Solving is always a fun job if we’re not stuck anywhere 
.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am
By the way, you can get full licensed version of TuneUp Utilities 2007 from here:
Get Free TuneUp Utilities 2007 Full Version
December 17th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Oh ! Actually, when you suggested me an antivirus, i downloaded it, plus i also downloaded other softwares which might be useful to me from your website only. There is a great collection of free softwares at your site.
Thanks a lot, see you soon !
December 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
hey! i tried da whole deal….i criusly dunno wot i did wrong…but in d end…all iv managed to do is dat nw even da show hidden files and folders option is not VISIBLE, it just sez do not show hidden files and folders! wot do i do????
HELP!!!
December 18th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Hi,
Thanks for the update, but IT DOES NOT WORK. The value radio button stills shows at “do not show”. let me know some other way.
December 19th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Hi,
1) Try doing a complete virus scan on your pc (I used Rising antivirus). Eliminate all the viruses, if any.
2) Restart your pc.
3) Open Regedit and change the DWORD value to 1 manually, as mentioned in method 1 and 2 respectively.
4) Now check the folder options.
Try if this works
December 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I’ve a problem. i cannot see few folders in my pen drive. I thought it might be hidden. So checked hidden files option in tools. Still the folders are not visible. what to do?
December 20th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
The smart virus remover worked for me. thanx much
December 21st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Awesom man! Thanks a lot for this amazing info.
God Bless YA
December 21st, 2008 at 10:24 pm
thanks….this is very cool….i got it….this problem was with my computer for months i didnt know how to get rid of it….Thankssssssss
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
i am searching publicity
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
THanks a lot.
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Thank you very much…I was really very much worries about this problem but technize solve my problem…
This is very helpful and great site for all computer user
Thank you so much Technize team
December 24th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
hi,
sir , thank u very much now i am able to see my hidden folder by changing the value to 1 , really thanks for ur suggestion ,it was because of virus name autorun.inf
thankyou
December 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Thank you very much, it is nice to know that there is still good sites to trust in the internet and still helpful as well.
Rgds,
Christy
December 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Thank you for posting this. It worked on my computer and it was really helpful for me. Thanks again.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Thx for this.its work for me.
December 30th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
thank i fix the problem
December 31st, 2008 at 6:45 am
The first one no but if first and second step done it worked great. Thanks
January 4th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
thank you very much second method worked.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
all of them doesnt work
January 8th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
hello my dear friend.
I really dont know how to thnk you, bcoz it is ith the help of your solution tht i got back my folders which were hidden.
thnk you very much.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Hello,
Thanks for the tip, the first option worked like a charm. I really appreciate your site.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I had this problem for along time no thing worked except the smart tool you put
its like magic!
thank u
p.s:the virus was abk.bat
January 14th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Whats up man
Thanks for usefull removal tool.
Your removal tool together with hijackthis
make the system healthy again
thanks a lot!!!!!
I wish for 2009 health, peace and happiness 4all !!!!
Greets
gismo nindo
January 18th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Hi,
Its awesome!!! worked like a fire.. thanks chum.
Faisal
January 19th, 2009 at 12:24 am
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VERY COOL…….
January 20th, 2009 at 12:10 am
nice virus removal program
worked perfectly
thanks
January 21st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
THANK YOU!!! The second fix worked great! Many thanks for the help!
January 24th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Method 3 is working for me..thanks
January 25th, 2009 at 8:11 am
realy thanks alot!
Method 2 is very useful, let me find back my hidden file!
realy thanks alot!!!!!thanks!!!
January 26th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Hi,
The solution works perfectly.
Thank you…
January 27th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
thanks a lot guys.. hidden option worked again..thanks a ton..
January 28th, 2009 at 8:42 am
hello, greeting from indonesia.
your tutorial is great, the second method works for my PC.
thank you very much
January 29th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Never could find “Local settings” in windows explorer. Could only find it using search. Could change its properties by unchecking “hidden”. On restart it was gone again. #1 worked!!!. Thank you, thank you.
Rick
January 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Smart Virus remover rocks……its the ultimate solution
January 29th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
hi bro wats up…..
i like ur solutin and its worked on my com thks bro. u really rocks
January 30th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Many thanks for the show hidden files and folders fix.
saved me loads of time.
Now I can spend the rest of the day without worry.
January 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Thank you very much. Your “smart virus remover” is quite smart after all
))
Thanks again and keep up the good work!
February 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Hi,
My problem is solved with “Smart Virus Remover”. Best application.
Thanx a lot for this.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am
this is very good softwar and very samll size, i like it, thanks,
February 4th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I HAVE TRIED EVERY THING BUT NOTHING HAPPENS
February 4th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Divyesh it seems that the virus is still prevailing in your system. You should first clean the virus and then then methods mentioned here will work. To get a good free antivirus see the following article:
Top 5 Free Antivirus Softwares
February 5th, 2009 at 11:05 am
thanks alot it worked by method 1
February 5th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
thanks………a lot… is very very gooddddd
February 6th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Smart Virus Remover helped.
Thanks guys
February 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
thanx a lot
February 8th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Thank You
February 8th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Hi Buddy,
This problem still exists for me…
i tried all your 3 options. but none of them worked in my system
the first 2 options on regedit, it does not work fully. Even if i change that CheckedValue. It automatically gets changed to 0.
That virus removal software also not restoring my hidden files.
The problem of not able to viewing my hidden file still remains in my computer,
Please help.
Many Thanks,
Sugesh
February 9th, 2009 at 3:29 am
hi!
I tried all the three methods posted here but my folder options is still not working…
What should i do?
Whenever i click the folder options it won’t open.
Thanks!
February 9th, 2009 at 4:00 am
uhm… Well, my folder option showed up but another problem is the button “do not show hidden files” can’t be changed…
what should i do?
Thanks!
February 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
T H A N K S !!!!
THE SECOND (RANDOM HAJI) WORKED GREAT… THANKS A LOT !!!!
February 10th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
that worked man,,thnks for sharing good work Random Hajile,
February 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Many many many many Thank you dear………..
February 15th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
thanks for your info, it works!!
February 15th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Hi Sanix,
Thanks a lot yaar. The second method worked for me.
Cheers !
February 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
THANKX A LOT DUDE….
February 16th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
very nice website very use full thanking every one
February 18th, 2009 at 3:26 am
woowww MAN U R AWESOME THANX A LOT WOOWWW I AM ASTONISHED
WOOWWWW THANXS A LOT U SAVED MY COMPUTER FROM FORMATIN
THANXXXXX
February 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
hi! it’s works many many many many thanks
February 19th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Thank You very much. Method 2 worked! Do I still have to download the virus cleaner?
February 19th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Hussain if the problem is solved then you don’t have to download the virus remover. Make sure that you have an updated antivirus. That’s it. Stay clean stay happy
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Thnks alot 2nd method work
February 25th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Going through the registery process worked out..so interesting
thank u so much guys
February 26th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Random Hajile’s Method 2 works for me. That is great. Thanks
February 28th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I do 3 methods but show hidden file and folder not working again.please help me.
February 28th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
the 2d one worked successfully…
ThanQQQQQQQQQ very muchhhhhhh……
i bookmarke ur page….once again thanxxxxxxxx
March 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Thank you very much man. Though the first one did not turn up the second one worked successfully.
March 5th, 2009 at 4:52 am
The Second one work flawlessly.. thanks!! =)
March 5th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Thanks Bro!!!
Its Working now…. i was managing to go to my hidden files via address bar and it was so disturbing…lol
Thanks once again
March 5th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
thank for the .exe application i was able to view my files …
March 7th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Thanks….
Its Very Good…
March 7th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
second method worked. thank you! =]
March 7th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I’m very grateful for the info provided. I’ve been having trouble showing my hidden files. Method 1 worked for me. Thanks a lot!
March 8th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
hey..
method one dint work.
method 2 worked for me.
my system if affected by some virus whoch doesnt allow me to visit any anti virus website( thereby i cant update the anti virus also, hav to do a work arnd for tat)
thnx a lot. now i can see hidden files.
http://www.youtube.com/ChandruBS
March 12th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
thanks you sir it worked for my pc
March 13th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve encountered very often this problem.
And different solutions through registry editing, but may of them didn’t work.
March 14th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Thanks a bunch! You helped a lot of people including me with these problem.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
yippiiiiiii….
problem solved with using software ….
so many thanx 2 u..
gr88888888888888
March 20th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
thanks
March 20th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
thanksssssssss
March 20th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Now my system works fine.thanks for a nice solution.
March 21st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Clicking the “Show hidden files and folders” option in Windows (XP) has no effect on my folders. It keeps resettig itself to the “do not show” folder option. How do I resolve this problem.
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 am
COOL YAR,,,,,,,,
WITHIN NO TIME U HAVE HELPED US TO CURE THE PROBLEM ,,,,,,
THANKS………………
March 27th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Hi bro pls tell me How to delete yahoo account
March 28th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Ajay please see the following forum post to delete your yahoo account:
http://www.technize.com/forums.....l-accounts
March 29th, 2009 at 12:00 am
The first method didnt work. But the second method did. Thanks a lot!!
March 29th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Thanks a lot…
Method 2 worked…
i reached here through google…
Thank you…
Arun Kumaar.S
March 31st, 2009 at 5:39 pm
thank you boss
April 1st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Thanks! Worked for me
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 am
Its a nice tip. Using it, I have solved my problem. Now files/ folders can not play hide and seek with me.
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 pm
No way,, non of the above methods worked for me. When I restore my windows after installing Smart Virus Remover, the show hidden file work okey for a while then it returns in active.
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:11 am
nod32 still could not detect this virus (2009) but your antivirus works well !!
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 am
This problem is due to Some kind of RAVMON Virus
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Thank you for your info….. I managed to solved it using the below.
Method 2: (By Random Hajile)
1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
the Method 2: (By Random Hajile) solved my problem..thank you very much! I give my warmest gratitude to the poster! Thank you and GOD Bless.! I hope this world will be filled with people like you!! =)
April 4th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I m facing same problem regedit changes also not working.
virus removal tool showing msg ” The Registry File Not Found. Download the Removal Virus Tool again.”
now what to do. Please help me
April 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Altamash, have you downloaded our smart virus remover? can you give a little more detail about your problem so that we can suggest some solution?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
smartvr works like a charm even though it did’nt find any virus it just make the “show hidden files and folders” work again.
Many Thanks ^_^b
April 7th, 2009 at 12:25 am
thanks it works !!!
April 8th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Im facing the same problem about the hidden files and folders, but thanks for the information I managed to solve the problem.It Works..!!IT was great.THANKS..!!
April 9th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Method 1 worked .. so nce of you dude
April 12th, 2009 at 11:20 am
gr8 job bhai…………bhut ache………….problem solve ho gyi meri……..thanx genius……….
April 12th, 2009 at 11:35 am
plz tell me the tweak through which ican rename my start button………..
i have hexa editor and exe editor ………
April 15th, 2009 at 7:36 am
working very fine. Awesome. Thanks a lot.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:30 am
I have downloaded the smart virus remover, and i do the following
Restore Windows Default Settings> Restore all folder Option Settings
and i get the following error
“The Registry File Not Found. Download the Ravmon Removal Virus Tool again.”
April 16th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Akin this is a bug in the latest release of Smart Virus Remover. We’ve already fixed it and will release a new version shortly. Thanks for pointing out. Check for the updates soon.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Merci
i have been having aproplem with folder options
but ur methods r perfect
April 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
When the new version is avliable for download, can u guys post it on here so I can download it, would be very helpful
April 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Hello Sir
i used you all 3 method but problem is still there
April 16th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
great work……..
thanks alot
April 16th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
thanks alot!! it’s really help.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Sure Akin we’ll post the new version on Technize. Just keep visiting http://www.technize.com regularly.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Azhar if you’re unable to restore your settings, probably your system is still infected with a virus. Please scan your system with an online scanner and then try the fixes again. Most probably this will solve your problem.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Is there not an older version which I could use?
I need to fix this problem ASAP!
April 19th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
The 2nd one solved my problem. Thanks a lot.
April 19th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
hi.. thanks a lot
you’ve solved my big problem!!
thank you very much!
April 20th, 2009 at 10:35 am
great work……..
thanks alot
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
First 2 methods do not work.
Third method gives me “The Registry File Not Found. Download the Ravmon Removal Virus Tool again.”
The Smart Removal does not find any viruses. (However my antivirus quarantee a virus called trojan.ramag)
I guess I need some help here
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:28 am
Michael there was a bug in the Smart Virus remover which we have rectified. Please download the tool again and it’ll work fine without errors. Thanks.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Great………..support……i have solved my problem, by creating new value for CheckedValue……………thanks a lot guys
April 26th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Thanks, Second method worked for me..
April 27th, 2009 at 3:01 am
Thanx a mill for the help. Of toppic What is the best way to keep flash drives from being infected , autorun etc
April 28th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Awesome! Method 1 didnt work… But then i went to Method 2 and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
April 28th, 2009 at 3:55 am
yes! ^^v method 2 work for me, thx for sharing
April 28th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
thens amigo
April 30th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Man Your smart virus remover is a great software, it detected the virus immediately and removed it, now the problem is completely solved.
Though the 1st method also worked but it did not remove the virus but smart virus remover is just great. I recommend this software to all those who have this problem.
Cheers mate,
Thanks
May 1st, 2009 at 10:11 am
Many a thanks,
Option 2 worked for me…
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Aardvark67, to avoid viruses and malware from my USB drives, I format my USB drives with NTFS file system and use the NTFS security permissions to my advantage. I make the drive read-only for everyone except for some folders where I can read and write my files. In this way, the USB drive remains safe from autorun and other viruses. Here is how you can convert your USB drive to NTFS format.
http://www.technize.com/2008/0.....le-system/
May 4th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
thankyou very much. it’s works
May 5th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Awesome….
Good solutions…
Keep it up …
May 7th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Hello sir,
From last few months i am facing the problem of not showing the hidden files and folder in my laptop and i m using windows XP service pack 3 and to solve that problem i have used your software named smart virus remover and all the other two steps to solve this problem by going in registry editor window and followed all the steps you told but still it is not showing the hidden files or folder command rightly. when i click the show hidden file command and again it sets to the don’t show the hidden files.so, can u give me the solution for this problem.i don’t want to see that problem again in my laptop, i like to remove it permanently.please reply me via e-mail to my e-mail address given.i will be thankful to you.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
dude — you are really great. Creating new key worked.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Thanks for the help.. it worked perfectly =]
May 9th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Tried all 3 options but the first 2 didn’t work. The Smart Virus Remover really did its job. This is great!
Thank you:)
May 9th, 2009 at 11:09 am
thank you very much! the 2nd method worked out for me well! thanks thanks!
May 11th, 2009 at 1:46 am
thanx for d wonderful help u provide…..
d solutions provided actually help us…keep providing d same in future tooo
u guys rock
special thanks to miss sonal jain
May 11th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Thanks , The Second Method worked ,
I think it probably became a problem when I rtied setting the attributes of a file manually , to hidden through CMD.
DOesn’t sound possible , but thats what I had done.
Or is it definitely a virus.?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:04 am
thanx for d help u provide…..
d solutions provided actually help us…keep providing d same in future tooo
1st method worked for me u guys rock
May 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
thanks a lot, mate it really worked, thanks from mexico
May 16th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
cooooooooooooooooooooooool program thanks a lot
May 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
The 2nd method fixed my problem about hidden files in my mp4 player. Thanks a lot!
May 17th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Thanks a lot … Smart Anti virus worked..!!!
May 17th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Hey it worked thanks a lot.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am
tnx so much… My show hidden files and folders is now working
May 19th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Tnx it’s work perfect
May 19th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
nice job with the hidden files registry, ty
May 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Hi Friend,
Your exe worked fine for me………..
Thanks A lot.
Thanks
Pratap
May 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Thanks a lot from kolkata…..
May 21st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
thanx a lot, i tried many times to bring back the show folder option, failed, but simply fixed the issue by ur virus remover. (by restoring the windows). g8 application, all the best.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 am
Thank you this article helped me alot
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
nice job dude it really worked thanks a lot for sharing these. bye take care.
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Hey man that program is great! i’ve been dealing with this probLem about 2 months… and now its finally done! Thanx to you! And onLy the hidden fiLes probLem but it fixed my MSN 9.0 probLem too
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
gr8 dude… u rocks dis worked 4 me… thanks
May 24th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Method 2 worked for me, thank you very much!!
May 25th, 2009 at 3:50 am
Thank you very much. i manged to help my problem using the last two methods
May 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am
please help me i have very important files in my USB (Removable disk/Flash disk). unfortunately, my folder files are missing. The folder files are still in the disk but i think it’s hidden. how can i view it again???please help me..
May 25th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
thanks you very much dear its working yah now i really enjoying thanks thanks………….
May 26th, 2009 at 7:54 am
nice! thanks for this site it really help a lot,
May 26th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Many many thanks.It worked fine while I did the following
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Thank u very much….. Its working for me
May 26th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
thanx a lot man;method 2 works 4 me; thankx a lot again;hats off…
May 27th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Thanks man…usually i never take out time to thank once a problem is fixed, but this is different..step 2 worked perfectly..u rock dude…cheerz…god bless..thanx again!
May 28th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Stumbled upon this page a while ago and tried the Smart Virus Remover tool. It helped me restore Windows’ default settings and and I was able to track and delete those nasty worms such as AntiVir.exe.
Thanks a lot for this article!
May 28th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Method 1 did not work as the hidden value kept defaulting back to 2. Method 3 resolved the issue. Many thanks.
May 29th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Hello Sanix,
Thanx dear, I was facing this problem from last one week but i was ignoring it.. today i thought i should find out the reason that why is it happening? and got your article your first method worked for me.. thank you very much again…
May 29th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
thanks, got the hidden files and folder back thru method 2, was removed by some trojan…
May 30th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
This is a responce to ‘629 Responses to “Show Hidden Files and Folders not working?”’ article.
The registry tweaks did not work in my case because my computer was infected with a virus/trojan.Though I have updated ad-aware and eset nod32 on my machine.
I also tried many other solutions on the web to no avail.
However after runinig Smart virus remover provided on your site,the problem was solved.It even managed to find other viruses as well.
You have been of great help and you should be proud of your services.
Eric
May 31st, 2009 at 12:33 am
thanks fellas…..method 2 works for me….
June 1st, 2009 at 3:37 am
it works with method 2. thanx a lot
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:50 am
I could see my files only through a network before. Now it’s ok. Method 2 works…
June 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
thanx hidden files aab visible hain
June 15th, 2009 at 7:46 am
I downloaded the anti virus program…It worked..
Thanks..
June 17th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Thanks! The second solution works for me.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
thanks a lot sir
June 18th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
great software
greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
tnx alot
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
hi this is ajay
and i have to say
it work very well manner and it solve my problem thanks best of luck keep going.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I tried the first method, it doesn’t work at all. After i tried the second method…yes it work now…thank you very much
July 1st, 2009 at 2:29 pm
thank you dude.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Thanks Man. .
u rocks 