Kindly follow the following steps to view your hidden files in your PC...
1. Double click & Open the 'Windows Explorer / My Computer'
2. From the file menu bar select 'Tools'
3. Select 'Folder Options'
4. Select the 'View' Tab on the Option Window
5. In that tab you will find 'Hidden Files & Folders' with a folder icon
6. Select the 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' by selecting the radio button.
7. Then select 'Apply'
Now you will be able to view the hidden files & folders in your system. I have enclosed the screen shots for your better reference.
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http://www.fixya.com/support/r4675036-show_hidden_files_folders_1
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http://www.fixya.com/support/r4675081-show_hidden_files_folders_2
good luck.
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On the Tools menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
To enable the viewing of Hidden files follow these steps:
SOURCE: hidden files
Hi,
When you open the window "My Computer" you need to open the "Folder options". under "Folder Options" you have three tabs, you need to click on the "View" tab.
Under "View" tab you have an option as "Hidden files and folders", you may select the option according to your choice over there.
Note : - In win XP the "Folder options" are present under the "Tools" tab, however it might be under the "View" tab in the "my computer" in win 98. I don't have a Win 98 handy to check that. i am sure you would be able to find that out. Once you have the "Folder options" the steps are same as mentioned above.
Hope that resolves your issue. Will wait for tee rating.
Thanks
Sammy
SOURCE: i couldn't view the hidden files when i apply show hidden files.
Folder Options is removed from Tools in Windows by a virus. The virus is called W32.Rontokbro@mm OR W32/Rontokbro.gen@MM
The removal of this virus is slightly difficult. Antivirus can't remove
it automatically. However detailed procedure to remove it is available
at
http://coolexp.blogspot.com/2008/01/fold...
About this Virus/Worm:
What it does is creating new files which looked like a folder but its
actually a .exe file. Unless you’ve enabled the view extensions in the
folder options or else you won’t see the .exe extension of the file.
The file is approximately 43.7Kb and normally people will click to open
it because it looked like a folder. So after you’ve open it, the virus
will run each time during startup and keep on spreading and spreading…
into the harddrives.
More troubles coming up. Normally when you click “Tools” in explorer,
there’s a “folder options” underneath it. Once the pc is infected with
the virus, the Folder Options will be missing, which disabled you to
change the options to view the extension of the files. So when you see
a new folder appeared from nowhere and you clicked to open it out of
curiousity, the virus spread more again. Moreover, the virus disabled
the registry edit where you will see this message “Registry edit is
disabled by the administrator” everytime you try to edit the registry.
So how to clean the virus then? I found some solution from the following link and have successfully cleaned it from my system.
http://coolexp.blogspot.com/2008/01/fold...
It will help you to get rid of this virus named W32.Rontokbro@mm aka brontok.a and to get back your hidden files.
Source(s):
http://coolexp.blogspot.com/2008/01/fold...
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1.
Open Folder Options in Control Panel.
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Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
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Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options.
2.
On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
For Windows Vista and 7:
1. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button 
, clicking Control Panel, clickingAppearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK.
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