I clicked on HIDDEN ATTRIBUTES under USER, now a bunch of my desktop folders and shortcuts have disappeared

Hello spl140,

How to show Hidden Files:

Follow these steps to display hidden files and folders.

1.      Open Folder Options by clicking theStart button , clickingControl Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clickingFolder Options.

2.      Click theView tab.

3.      UnderAdvanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, and then clickOK.

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hi! Right click on the file that's transparent, then un-tick the hidden box, fixed!

:)

I have done this, but now all of my desktop icons are transparent. Will that chnage or can I change it some how?

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Show hidden files

Just do what you did in reverse to undo.

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"spl140" wrote in message news:a8050b43-642e-42c1-ad9e-b7450acac290...

>I was running my antivirus, and saw that there was a file under a subfolder

>to my user folder. That folder was hidden, because I could not click down

>on it. So I went to the user list, found my user name, and there were two

>check boxes, one for READ ONLY (which was checked) and one for HIDDEN,

>which I thought checking off would reveal those hidden folders that I

>needed to find, to find this questionable file. Also figured I could get

>rid of other unnecessary files while there.

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> This action went through a bunch of sub folders, and when it was done, a

> bunch of my folders on my desktop disappeared. A bunch of shortcuts to

> installed programs also disappeared (though not all shortcuts). The

> folders in question contained some zipped files for programs I installed,

> my music, pictures, videos, all personal stuff. I clicked on users again,

> and am not seeing my profile, however when I look at users, I see ADMIN

> and my name together for the whole folder. Nothing showed up in the

> recycle bin.

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> I have to believe these folders are still somewhere on the computer.

> because there was no warning to state stuff was being deleted. Any

> assistance to find these missing or hiding folders and restore things to

> where they were is greatly appreciated.

>

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