HOW TO VIEW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS IN WINDOWS

There are some files on Windows which hidden from users. Sometimes we need to make that files visible.

We can do this with following steps on Windows 8.1:

  1. Open File explorer by clicking icon on taskbar:

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2.  Under “View” tab, enable “Hidden items” checkbox as shown in the picture:

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On Windows 7 we can do this with following steps:

  1. Open control panel and click on the “Folder options”
  2. Go to “View” tab and Advanced Settings section check the “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”  option:

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