Windows 10 Cannot see hidden files help.

[TheyThinkImNinja]

When i go to select hidden files it will not show them to me, im trying to manually purge a virus from my computer, i know roughly where it is but i feel its hidden and the setting doesnt work, is there anything i can change in the registry to force hidden items to show?

 

[TheyThinkImNinja]

It would also be helpful to know if it works on windows 7 aswell, I have another computer doing similar things but its windows 7.

 

[johnbl]

Try Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > check Show Hidden files folders and drives..
This will help somewhat for explorer.

There are a lot of hidden files and directories in Windows.
Some of these are only hidden in windows apps. Most can be exposed using the command interpreter
Start cmd.exe as an admin
You can use CD command to go into hidden directories the sub directories generally are not hidden.
To find the hidden directories you would do something like
CD c:\
Attrib /s > c:\myfiles.txt
Notepad c:\myfiles.txt
Then take a look

Basically you are using the fact that some internal commands can recurse down hidden directories and expose them.

There are other places to hide files but you have to use the Microsoft sysinternal tools to expose them. Google rammap or sysinternal to find them. Virtual files, memory mapped files, file streams.

 

[TheyThinkImNinja]

Thank you Johnbl,I found a few files that since i deleted them i havent had any files being quarantined like they have been

 

[rosswest]

Launch File Explorer in Windows 10. For that, Press WIN + E keyboard keys.
In the toolbar switch to the View tab and under Show/Hide section tick mark the box for Show hidden files.

Launch Control Panel. For that, type control panel in the Windows 10 Start menu and when the same app appears in the search results click to launch it.

Look for “File Explorer options” folder and click to open it.

This will launch File Explorer Options windows; here you need to switch to View tab. Under Advanced settings look for a folder named as Hidden files and folders.

Under if you will see two options named as:

Don’t show hidden files, folders, or drives
Show hidden files, folders, or drives
To show hidden files in Windows Ten you need to select the option “Show hidden files, folders, or drivers.” After that, click Apply and OK.

If you want more you can check: https://geekermag.com/show-hidden-files-windows-10/, this site.