Windows 10 I screwed up, user profile Hidden... help! I was just in Windows Explorer, planning to modify my Startup programs. Navigated to "C:/ Windows7_OS / Users" and right-clicked on my User Profile "william viera".
Telemetry hidden in Task Scheduler Looking through the task scheduler>>Active Tasks, I have found at least four Telemetry spyware that should not have been there as I never knowingly downloaded it or gave permission. I even do not have automatic windows update, so it was either part of the OS in stealth mode, or forced in.
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I would do this by customizing the default user profile, simply selecting Show hidden files and folders and Show extensions in folder options and copying this setting to default user profile which is then used in all future user accounts.
User Files accidentally hidden. How to see them again Somehow, I ticked the 'hidden' tic box several hours ago on the top folder in my user account, which is also my admin account. I am still logged on however, I have LOST all my documents. I thought I was ticking it to SHOW any hidden files, but I was obviously mistaken.
Home Folder Accidentally Hidden Earlier today I was trying to find some files in my Users folder which contained both the folders "Public" and "Home." I couldn't find the files I was looking for in either of those two folders. I right-clicked on the Home folder, and then clicked on Properties, thinking that the files I was looking for were hidden.
It should be. These were likely went into the Recycle Bin with the Hidden attribute and thus remained hidden. Edit: Whoa wait a minute. I just sent a hidden file to the Recycle Bin, changed my Folder Options setting to "Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives" but this file is still fully visible while sitting in the Recycle Bin.
Hidden folder in recycle bin taking up space, is it safe to delete?
show and hide files is a profile specific key and therefore can be modified by user accounts. if you would like to change the default, navigate to key: HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\advanced\folder\hidden and \hidefileext there are keys in there that set default behaviors.
Here's the main reason I ask this: I applied a well-known tweak to gain back more of the 'look & feel' of xp's start menu which got rid of 'All Programs' and added a 'Programs' flyout folder on right side of menu under the user profile picture & library links (which I also changed to point to the actual user folders on another partition).