Often there are situations when you need to hide information from prying eyes.For example, at work.The need may arise at home if the computer work at the same time, several members of the family.And if the old Windows XP, we have long understood, that in Windows 7, this may be difficult.Especially with the moment, how to see hidden folders.Let's try to figure it out.
hide files and folders
begin with, how to hide folders.For certain on your computer there is very personal information that you do not want to show: workers confidential documents, personal diary, photos and so on.The easiest way to hide this information is a hidden folder.
The process is fairly simple and takes little time.To hide the folder, you need to clean the mouse cursor on it, right-click, then select the menu line "Properties".In the window that appears, look for "Attributes."Click here set against the item "Hide".Then click on the "Apply" button and then on "OK".
After pressing the "OK" your folder will disappear.We were able to hide the information, so now no one will find it, unless, of course, would not know where to look.However, how to see hidden folders, and you continue to work with them, because now you too will not be able to open them?
View hidden folders
There are several ways how to see hidden folders in the System windows 7. Windows XP, to enable viewing of hidden information, it was necessary to open the "Folder Options" via "Tools" or via the "Control Panel", then the tab "View" menu, select "Show hidden files".Everything is quite simple.In Windows 7, this process has changed slightly.
Go to the folder, click on the "organize" button and find the line "Folder and search options."Before us there was already familiar window "Folder Options."It should be in the tab "View" to find the line "Show hidden files" and put a tick.Then click on the "Apply" button and then on the "OK" button.All information has been hidden from prying eyes again visible.You can work in peace.To re-hide the folder, you must perform all the same actions, but it should be noted the line "Do not show hidden files".And documents disappear again.
If all these actions will be insufficient and the desired folder and can not be found, it may be necessary to remove the check mark from the item called "Hide system files."
Another option is to see hidden folders, it should open the desired folder and press the keyboard «Alt», will have an additional top panel.Select "Tools", the line "Folder Options ...".Again, in the tab "View" put in front line click "Show hidden files," click on "Apply" and then "OK."
should be noted that on a local disk "C" after the procedure may be other hidden files and folders.It is better to once again not to touch them, if you are not well versed in computers, since this information may be systemic.If you delete something important, you can simply crash the computer.
Another option is to see hidden folders.In the "Start" menu, select "Control Panel", and then the line "Appearance and Personalization".Find the "Folder Options" and select "Show hidden files".In the tab "View" next to the line set click "Show hidden files," click on the button "Apply" and then "OK."All is ready.
There is another opportunity to see the hidden information on a computer through the entry in the registry, but this method is more suitable for people who are well versed in computers.Therefore, we will focus on these three options.
Now you know how to hide and show the hidden information stored on your computer.In fact, this is not as difficult as it might seem.But this option will be very useful to many in the work.
