i installed xo sp3 yesterday and today i noticed that i can no longer see hidden files on administrator account. and there is no longer an option to enable it in the folder options -> view tab.

any ideas how to fix this?

I have no problems in a user account with admin privileges.

You are infected, the malicious software has prevented you form seein his files that way

ok... how do i fix this?

Use microsoft Malicious software Removal Tool, an antivirus, use a restore point, do a clean install of windows, etc, there are many options, it's up to you

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.40, April 2008

Started On Fri May 02 18:32:28 2008

Results Summary:

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No infection found.

Return code: 0

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Fri May 02 18:33:27 2008

this cant be the cause, dont have any viruses. and as i said above i just installed a fresh windows with sp3

my problem is this one:

i dont have the option to enable hidden files and yes i am on the admin account!

Edited May 3, 200818 yr by websee

Maybe not what you asked for, but you can try editing directly the Registry:

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1007/

to flip the setting

and this should restore the checkbox :

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/windo...f-it-is-Missing

The above has been around from a lot before XP SP3, I doubt that it was caused by the SP3, but cannot say.

jaclaz

i installed xo sp3 yesterday and today i noticed that i can no longer see hidden files on administrator account. and there is no longer an option to enable it in the folder options -> view tab.

any ideas how to fix this?

you are infected with spyware run spybot S&D

this virus/spyware make autorun on all partitions

Maybe not what you asked for, but you can try editing directly the Registry:

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1007/

to flip the setting

and this should restore the checkbox :

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/windo...f-it-is-Missing

The above has been around from a lot before XP SP3, I doubt that it was caused by the SP3, but cannot say.

jaclaz

the registry tweak fixed the problem, i can see hidden files now

but fixing the menu was a bit more problematic, the key Hidden mentioned in http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/windo...f-it-is-Missing doesnt exist in the first place

copyed that part of the registry from my notebook. fixed the problem. thanks for the help

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30499"
"Type"="group"
"Bitmap"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
  00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\
  48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
  00
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51131"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30501"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000002
"ValueName"="Hidden"
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51104"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30500"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"ValueName"="Hidden"
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51105"

Happy problem was solved.

jaclaz