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Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 7

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Imado, Eng

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Hi. You are watching VisiHow, and this is a tutorial on how to show hidden files and folders on your Window 7 computer.

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To do that, you need to go to the Control Panel and then look for Folder options
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So we have to press the Start menu button.

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Then press Control Panel
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Click on the Appearance and Personalization
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Tap on the Folder Options
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A new window will be open, in this window there are several tabs
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General.
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View
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Search
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You need to click on View and then scroll down if you need to and click on Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drive
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Then tap on OK
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Close the Control Panel window
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From now on, all the hidden files and folders will be reviewed
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This concludes our tutorial on how to show hidden files and folders on Windows 7 computer. Thank you for watching VisiHow, if you have any comments or questions please leave them in the comment section below.
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