Sorry to bring back such an old post, but I'm having the EXACT same issue as this person was and can't seem to find a workable resolution. System Restore is not an option for me at this point in time. It would appear that the Documents sub-folder is also hidden, very odd indeed. So just to recap, c:\users\username is hidden, c:\users\username\documents is also hidden. All c:\users\username subfolders are not hidden. When I do a right click and select properties, the hidden checkmark is selected and greyed out. Oh, and UAC is turned off Any ideas out there? Thanks in advance.