"I don't know why I can't see some files. I don't know if it's because I accidentally hidden them or deleted them. Does anyone know how to display hidden files? I'm very anxious, thank you for your answer!"
In order to protect our privacy, we do not want to see some important files, a better way is to hide them. After the file is hidden, it is actually saved in the computer, but we cannot see it. So the question is, what should we do when we don't want to hide these folders? How to display hidden folders? The method I shared today is really effective!
Method 1: Show hidden folders in Folder Options
How to find after the folder attribute is changed to hidden? An easy and quick way to do this is to show it in folder options. The operation is as follows:
Step 1: Press the [Win + E] keys to open the resource manager;
Step 2: Click [View], click [Options], and then check [Hide protected operating system files (recommended)] and [Show hidden files, folders and drives] ;
Step 3: Click [ OK] and [Apply] .
Method 2: Use the control panel to show hidden folders
How to display hidden folders in Win10? The method of displaying with the help of the control panel is also relatively fast and convenient.
Step 1: Click the start menu and enter [ Control Panel ];
Step 2: Find and enter [ File Explorer Options ] in [ Appearance and Personalization ] ;
Step 3: Select [ View ], check [ Show hidden files, folders and drives] , click [Apply] and [OK].
Method 3: Display hidden folders through the command prompt
Friends who are familiar with computer operations and like to use the command prompt can also try to display hidden folders through the command prompt. The operation is as follows:
Step 1: Press【Win + R】 , input【cmd】and press Enter;
Step 2: In the command prompt window, enter the following command and press Enter to execute it
【swift/Copy code/attrib -h -s "C:\path\to\your\hidden\folder"】
Among them, [ C:\path\to\your\hidden\folder ] is the full path of the hidden folder.
Step 3: Go back to Explorer, press F5 to refresh, and the hidden folders will be displayed.
How to retrieve lost files?
The above editor shared with you 3 methods of displaying hidden folders. What if we click to enter the folder after displaying all the folders but find that some files are missing? It is possible that we deleted it by mistake. How to get back the deleted files by mistake?
If the data is more important to you, it is recommended to download the professional data recovery software Datawa Recovery Expert. Its special scanning and recovery functions can bring twice the result with half the effort for our data recovery. We only need to follow the steps below to recover the lost files.
Operating environment:
Demonstration model: Lenovo GeekPro2020
System version: Windows 10
Software version: Data frog recovery expert 3.1.6
Step 1: After entering the software, click the [Free Trial] function of the software to scan the computer;
Step 2: In the main interface of the software, you can choose according to your personal needs. It is recommended to select all the files to be scanned. Only one disk to be scanned can be selected for each scan. After the operation is completed, click [Scan ] ;
Step 3: After the quick scan is over, you can view and select some of the scanned files. The software has 3 different viewing angles to choose from. In this link, you can select the files that need to be recovered. If you need more comprehensive scan results , click [ Deep Scan ];
Step 4: After the deep scan, the files that can be recovered will basically appear. At this time, the number of files is large. Click [ Filter ] and fill in the relevant conditions to speed up the selection. After the selection is completed, click [ Recover ].
Tips: After this operation, the software will pop up a prompt box to choose the saving location of the recovered files, which should not be the same as the scanned location.
What if we need to use this folder after hiding the folder? How to display hidden folders? Today I shared 3 simple and easy-to-use methods, you can try them if necessary!
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https://blog.csdn.net/datarecover/article/details/131933655?spm=1001.2014.3001.5501