“Show Hidden Files and Folders” not Working ???

By VJ | Mar 17, 2008

Hello Readers, I am back, and back directly with a solution to one of our readers problem. Amit, one of our readers, says that he is able to find “Show hidden files and folders“, but when applied, it doesn’t work, and apart from that, it gets back to “Do not show hidden files and folders” when reopened and checked.
Here is solution to Amit’s problem

  1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
    Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
  3. In the right pane, look for key “CheckedValue” and change the value to “1
  4. Also look for key that says “DefaultValue” and change its value to “2
  5. Show Hidden files Reg Key

When I tried this on my machine with changes values, i could see the effect, fortunately all the values were correct, and this time I did took a backup of my registry ;)

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7 Comments so far
  1. Madhur Kapoor March 18, 2008 10:20 pm

    I tried this method before but it didnt work me and i had to format my PC to fix it.

  2. VJ March 19, 2008 2:39 pm

    Whoops…
    Need to see why it didn’t work out. It should, as when i changed the values, it didn’t work for me as well.

  3. immy March 22, 2008 2:43 pm

    immy here, i can remember when last time i was encountering with pc virus and same problem happened to me but i recovered using a small app, though this is a great post can help alot of peoples
    keep up the good work :)

  4. Platinum April 9, 2008 11:45 am

    Thanks, it worked just fine!

  5. Samuel July 11, 2008 2:47 pm

    i tried this method but the checked value kept returning to zero even after editing it again and again…..
    so the hidden files don’t show

  6. azree July 31, 2008 4:35 pm

    great…. at last.. i have been trying everything and anything to make my hidden folder appear… and this time it work.. thanks….

  7. sanjay September 21, 2008 10:41 am

    thank u very much it works

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