I always have to go to the control panel to do this on every install, SO I found this simple bat/cmd script that works a treat ( for me ) , here is the link to ( at the end of the post/thread ) - https://superuser.com/questions/115...-hidden-files-in-windows-through-command-line EDIT - I created this back in windows 7 time for a few quick right click items so it never made it to any public post ( that I remember ) it works in a flash Added to post at bottom as for quick use/testing REG QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v Hidden | Find "0x2" IF %ERRORLEVEL% == 1 goto turnoff If %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto turnon goto end ::show hidden and system files :turnon REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v Hidden /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v ShowSuperHidden /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f goto end ::hide hidden and system files :turnoff REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v Hidden /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v ShowSuperHidden /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f goto end :end taskkill /f /im explorer.exe start explorer
If this could be made into a 'right click' type of usage it would be great also for that quick show/hide moment.
I found my old 'right click' script so I will make a right click switch for this ( yea probably pointless but what the hell LOL )
If you use reg tweaks (like the $RegTweaks folder) in your build, you can also do the following from the Last10/11 reg tweaks file: Code: ;Enable show: Hidden Files, File Extensions, Drives without Media (for current user -- requires log off) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Hidden"=dword:00000001 "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 "HideDrivesWithNoMedia"=dword:00000000 "HideIcons"=dword:00000000 ;"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001 The last entry (ShowSuperHidden) is for showing protected operating system files, so if you want those to show too you can remove the semi-colon in front of it. It's not a toggle, I know, but just in case
Thanks for that @Trouba , I am working on it now I will have a working Right Click before long, and the old win 7 builder stuff has come in handy
Here is a quick and working Right Click _Show_Hide_SystemFilesFolders, this is nothing special but the right click add .cmd could be used for other apps and such. READ-ME.txt also for quick usage ADDED INFO - This right click could be beneficial in windows 11 to get to where you want to go without clicking 20 different things
