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From: K on 20 Jul 2010 18:51 Recently I mispalced my flash drive. Today I got a new one and started to copy the files to the new flash drive from where I had backed them up on my hard drive. Instead of moving the one folder with all the files in it, I opened the file and did Edit - Select All. A message came up saying something about there were 2 hidden files that wouldn't transfer. Then I did a Tools - Folder Options - View - Show hidden files and folders - Apply and viewed the files that were hidden. They were Word docus that I had created and stored on the flash drive. I do not remember hiding these files nor do I know how to. It would be better if they were not hidden. Would anyone know how to unhide them? Since I prefer not to hide any more files like that, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions anyone would care to offer of how I may have hidden them in the first place. Thanks, K.
From: Shenan Stanley on 20 Jul 2010 19:23 K wrote: > Recently I mispalced my flash drive. Today I got a new one and > started to copy the files to the new flash drive from where I had > backed them up on my hard drive. Instead of moving the one folder > with all the files in it, I opened the file and did Edit - Select > All. A message came up saying something about there were 2 hidden > files that wouldn't transfer. Then I did a Tools - Folder Options - > View - Show hidden files and folders - Apply and viewed the files > that were hidden. They were Word docus that I had created and > stored on the flash drive. I do not remember hiding these files nor > do I know how to. It would be better if they were not hidden. Would > anyone know how to unhide them? Since I prefer not to hide any more > files like that, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions anyone > would care to offer of how I may have hidden them in the first > place. Thanks, K. Right-click on the file icon, and select Properties. Windows will allow you to turn on or off all attributes. Uncheck the "Hidden" one. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: K on 20 Jul 2010 20:55 Thank You Sheenan for considering and responding to my post. That was even so simple I could do it. Appreciate the help. K. "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > K wrote: > > Recently I mispalced my flash drive. Today I got a new one and > > started to copy the files to the new flash drive from where I had > > backed them up on my hard drive. Instead of moving the one folder > > with all the files in it, I opened the file and did Edit - Select > > All. A message came up saying something about there were 2 hidden > > files that wouldn't transfer. Then I did a Tools - Folder Options - > > View - Show hidden files and folders - Apply and viewed the files > > that were hidden. They were Word docus that I had created and > > stored on the flash drive. I do not remember hiding these files nor > > do I know how to. It would be better if they were not hidden. Would > > anyone know how to unhide them? Since I prefer not to hide any more > > files like that, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions anyone > > would care to offer of how I may have hidden them in the first > > place. Thanks, K. > > Right-click on the file icon, and select Properties. Windows will allow you > to turn on or off all attributes. Uncheck the "Hidden" one. > > > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > . >
From: Spamlet on 21 Jul 2010 13:24 Note that each window also has a hidden system file 'thumbs.db' which you do not need to transfer, but doesn't take up much room anyway. S "K" <K(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:94F83F3C-D400-49A5-995C-53372E0A816B(a)microsoft.com... > Thank You Sheenan for considering and responding to my post. That was even > so > simple I could do it. Appreciate the help. K. > > "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > >> K wrote: >> > Recently I mispalced my flash drive. Today I got a new one and >> > started to copy the files to the new flash drive from where I had >> > backed them up on my hard drive. Instead of moving the one folder >> > with all the files in it, I opened the file and did Edit - Select >> > All. A message came up saying something about there were 2 hidden >> > files that wouldn't transfer. Then I did a Tools - Folder Options - >> > View - Show hidden files and folders - Apply and viewed the files >> > that were hidden. They were Word docus that I had created and >> > stored on the flash drive. I do not remember hiding these files nor >> > do I know how to. It would be better if they were not hidden. Would >> > anyone know how to unhide them? Since I prefer not to hide any more >> > files like that, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions anyone >> > would care to offer of how I may have hidden them in the first >> > place. Thanks, K. >> >> Right-click on the file icon, and select Properties. Windows will allow >> you >> to turn on or off all attributes. Uncheck the "Hidden" one. >> >> >> >> -- >> Shenan Stanley >> MS-MVP >> -- >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>
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