#Windows vista show hidden files how to#
#Windows vista show hidden files for windows 10#
#Windows vista show hidden files windows#

#Windows vista show hidden files windows#

Since we’ll be dealing with Windows 10, you can expect the process to be somewhat complicated.

#Windows vista show hidden files how to#

Windows 10 will also have an error of access denied folder，you can click on the linked article to refer to how to solve this problem.

#Windows vista show hidden files for windows 10#

There are many ways for Windows 10 show hidden files. This was made for the purpose of preventing accidental deletion. This is because, by default, some files are normally hidden, unless accessed with a feature. However, that’s not always the case, especially if you’re using Windows 10. It's a permanent result and will not break if you reset Folder view options in Explorer as mentioned in Jens Erat answer.You may think that all your files can easily be found whenever you need them. Now desktop.ini saved in UTF-16LE codepage and it will be ignored by Windows no matter enabled or disabled 'show system/hidden files' option. Save desktop.ini (Far manager can warn you about possibly losing some symbols - ignore it and just save).Insert contents of buffer (Shift-Ins or Ctrl-V in Far manager).Change encoding of desktop.ini to UTF-16LE (in Far manager you must press Shift-F8 and select '1200 UTF-16 (Little endian)' codepage).Or you can create blank desktop.ini in UTF-16LE codepage by running this commands in command line (it will create file in directory where you run commands): CHCP 1252 >NULĬMD.EXE /D /A /C (SET/P=ÿþ) desktop.ini 2>NUL Now you must have blank desktop.ini in possibly UTF-8 encoding (no matter) and a content in the buffer.After opening a file copy (cut) contents of desktop.ini to the buffer.First of all, you need to open your current desktop.ini with the editor that can edit in UTF8 and UTF-16LE encoding pages.Here's what you need to do to achieve that: I stuck with that problem a few times before and found that way. To hide desktop.ini files but leave all other system/hidden files visible just save desktop.ini in CP1200 UTF-16 Little endian. Another way is writing the name of the shortcut after selecting any desktop icon (provided the beginning of the name is distinctive). If you select the former and press →, you select the latter. You can, for example put an icon at the right of the desktop, at the same height of your secret icon. The funny part of this is that you can have icons on you desktop that nobody will notice looking at it (or even using it) but can be accessed if you know where they are. Now you are at the leftmost part of it so you can grab it and sweep it out without trying. For example: align the two icons to the grid on the left border, switch off the alignment, select both and put the pointer all you can to the left at the same height of the selection. Nevertheless, there are ways to assure this. The only tricky part (not much I think) is grabbing the selection the 'leftest' possible, which may need two or three tries. You can do it this quickly without third-party tools, any command line or messing with the registry. If you need to tidy up your icons to the grid, you can always turn it on (the icons will reappear), turn it off again and repeat the four steps above. Keep in mind that this will only work while you keep 'Align to the grid' option off. Grab the selection using a point from the leftmost part and. Using Ctrl-Left Click, check boxes or whatever). Select both icons using your favorite method (selecting around, Put the two desktop.ini icons one near of the other. How to get out of the way any icon in Windowsīelieve it or not, all you need to do is turn off 'Align to the grid'.