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Show Hidden Files in Windows 10

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Alexander Avdeev, Eng

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Let's go ahead and create a new text document
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It does not matter what we name it.

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We hide the file
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We click "Properties".

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We click "Hidden"
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The file will disappear. We can make it appear again.
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To make the file reappear, we need to right-click the lower-left corner of the screen
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Then, we click "Control Panel"
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When the "Control Panel" window opens, we click "Appearance and Personalization"
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Now, we need to click "File Explorer Options"
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We click "View"
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We need to find "Hidden files and folders"
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In this case, it is set to "Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives".
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We need to click "Show hidden files, folders, and drives"
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We click "OK"
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In this video, the "New Text Document" file will appear on the desktop. The file icon is transparent, which means that it is hidden.
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