A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
I've looking for a simple tool to quickly and easily show/hide the system files.
The best I found is HiFiTo.
But it's not portable (writes settings to the registry).
Does anybody know about a similar one, but portable?
That said, I'm waiting for I am Baas' replay with the answer that I expect in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
The best I found is HiFiTo.
But it's not portable (writes settings to the registry).
Does anybody know about a similar one, but portable?
That said, I'm waiting for I am Baas' replay with the answer that I expect in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
1. IIRC, Folder Menu can do that.
2. Multi Commander (thank you for adding ) has an option to show/hide system files but you would have to ask someone to write a script to toggle it on/off with a hotkey (guinness?).
2. Multi Commander (thank you for adding ) has an option to show/hide system files but you would have to ask someone to write a script to toggle it on/off with a hotkey (guinness?).
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Just in time!I am Baas wrote:1. IIRC, Folder Menu can do that.
2. Multi Commander (thank you for adding ) has an option to show/hide system files but you would have to ask someone to write a script to toggle it on/off with a hotkey (guinness?).
I'll give Folder Menu a try. I already knew about this Multi Commander function, but it's still not my default file manager. Of course, any help from guinness is welcome...
Thanks!
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
7plus has that function as well. The hotkey is Ctrl-Alt-H.
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Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Someone called me? Seems like SYSTEM has answered the question, but if you really want me to create a script then I can.
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Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Create 2 text files.
1st one
Rename to "Drag files & folders to hide here.bat"
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2ed one
Rename to "Drag files to unhide here (with 7-zip).bat"
1st one
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attrib +s +h %1
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2ed one
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attrib -s -h %1
Rename to "Drag files to unhide here (with 7-zip).bat"
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Island Boy,
I think lautrepay meant on a system level not individual file basis. Nice idea though.
I think lautrepay meant on a system level not individual file basis. Nice idea though.
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Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
As I said, it was a good solution for another issueIsland Boy wrote:Oh.
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
I, for one, totally agree since it's often needed in Windows XP, where you don't have an easy way of changing the System file/folder attribute directly from the GUI -- Island Boy's tip saves a trip to the CLI...guinness wrote:As I said, it was a good solution for another issue
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Hifito 1.3 seems to do the trick, but I also found Toggle show hidden files (http://showhiddenfiles.sourceforge.net/) that seems to do the same as Hifito (except that it can't toggle the file extensions).
But I don't understand what "Toggle show hidden files" is doing, or how. I choose a hotkey for toggling hidden files and then I close Toggle... Close as in close, not minimized. Then I press the hotkey and the showing of hidden files still toggles. Why and how? Can an alleged portable application really do that, without writing something somewhere (it is not writing to the application folder)?
Then I tried with changing the name on the application folder and the toggling continued to work... When I finally moved the app folder to another drive, the hotkey didn't work anymore.
I understand that the hotkey is in fact a shortcut. The author writes "The program does NOT require installation and does NOT run in background. It simply works with a shortcut in the menu folder." But where can I find that menu folder?
But I don't understand what "Toggle show hidden files" is doing, or how. I choose a hotkey for toggling hidden files and then I close Toggle... Close as in close, not minimized. Then I press the hotkey and the showing of hidden files still toggles. Why and how? Can an alleged portable application really do that, without writing something somewhere (it is not writing to the application folder)?
Then I tried with changing the name on the application folder and the toggling continued to work... When I finally moved the app folder to another drive, the hotkey didn't work anymore.
I understand that the hotkey is in fact a shortcut. The author writes "The program does NOT require installation and does NOT run in background. It simply works with a shortcut in the menu folder." But where can I find that menu folder?
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Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
There is a vbs script here that works well.
This article shows how to add it as a contextmenu item
You might have to use F5 key to refresh folder view of folders already opened before executing.This script when executed, checks the status of "Show hidden files and folders" option and toggles its value.
So if its set to show hidden files, it changes the option to hide hidden files and vice versa.
Simply copy paste following code in NOTEPAD and save as "Show_Hidden_Files_On_Off.vbs" :
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Hidden = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden" SHidden = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden" Set Sh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") St = Sh.RegRead(Hidden) If St = 2 Then Sh.RegWrite Hidden, 1, "REG_DWORD" Sh.RegWrite SHidden, 1, "REG_DWORD" Else Sh.RegWrite Hidden, 2, "REG_DWORD" Sh.RegWrite SHidden, 0, "REG_DWORD" End If Sh.SendKeys("{F5}")
This article shows how to add it as a contextmenu item
Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Thanks. Since my notebook's death I'm indebted with many translations and you made me remember that it's time catch up.I am Baas wrote:http://mlesniew.wordpress.com/2012/10/0 ... -released/
In the Start Menu.Kea wrote:But where can I find that menu folder?
As with the program suggested by Kea, I have to press F5 to refresh the view and see the changes.Napiophelios wrote:There is a vbs script here that works well.
I found this useful, too, thanks. I wonder if it's possible to compile the batch files and place shortcuts in the SendTo folder...Island Boy wrote:Create 2 text files.
1st one
Rename to "Drag files & folders to hide here.bat"Code: Select all
attrib +s +h %1
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2ed one
Code: Select all
attrib -s -h %1
Rename to "Drag files to unhide here (with 7-zip).bat"
As you've said before, 7plus is really buggy. From time to time I give it a try but I always find problems...SYSTEM wrote:7plus has that function as well. The hotkey is Ctrl-Alt-H.
Edit: wrong link fixed. Thanks, SYSTEM.
Last edited by lautrepay on Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: A simple tool to easily show/hide system files?
Yeah so does everyone else when viewing folders already openedlautrepay wrote:As with the program suggested by Kea, I have to press F5 to refresh the view and see the changes.Napiophelios wrote:There is a vbs script here that works well.
Seems like it might be easy to add an automated system refresh when activated tho
I dont really know much about vbs scripts tho.
I have been using Moonshelltoys for a while now for this very function
Its not portable tho.
oh well sorry it was no help