{"id":5110,"date":"2015-07-01T08:02:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T08:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:59:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:59:42","slug":"how-to-show-hidden-files-in-windows-10-8-7-and-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-show-hidden-files-in-windows-10-8-7-and-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show Hidden Files in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One accidental deletion of a single system file can render your computer unusable. By default, Windows hides certain system files from view in Windows Explorer. This protects important files from being accidentally deleted, modified or altered.<\/p>\n<p>But there are times when it&#8217;s necessary to view the hidden files and folders when coming to troubleshoot Windows problems. Here&#8217;s how to show hidden files in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Vista.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Show Hidden Files in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Vista?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open up a Windows Explorer window, choose <strong>Organize<\/strong> -> <strong>Folder and search options<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/win7-folder-options.png\" alt=\"win7-folder-options\" width=\"463\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5113\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Windows 10 or 8, click on the <strong>View<\/strong> tab at the top of Windows Explorer, and then click <strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/win8-folder-options.png\" alt=\"win8-folder-options\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5114\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Windows 11, open File Explorer and click on the <strong>See more<\/strong> button (three dots) on the right side of the toolbar, and then select <strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/000029.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/000029.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/000029-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>From the opened Folder Options box, go to <strong>View<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Under the Advanced settings section, click to select &#8220;<strong>Show hidden files, folders, and drives<\/strong>&#8221; radio button. If you are trying to get into the Windows directories, you might want to also remove the checkbox from &#8220;<strong>Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)<\/strong>&#8221; as well.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/show-hiden-files.png\" alt=\"show-hiden-files\" width=\"396\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5115\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>When you are done, just click Apply and OK, and your changes will take effect immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One accidental deletion of a single system file can render your computer unusable. By default, Windows hides certain system files from view in Windows Explorer. This protects important files from being accidentally deleted, modified or altered. But there are times when it&#8217;s necessary to view the hidden files and folders when coming to troubleshoot Windows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39,5],"tags":[2212,2210,2211],"class_list":["post-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","category-windows-vista","tag-how-to-view-hidden-files-in-windows","tag-show-hidden-files","tag-show-hidden-files-in-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5110"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17297,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110\/revisions\/17297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}