Show Protected Operating System Files in Windows 10

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Video: Show Protected Operating System Files in Windows 10

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   The first thing that we need to do is 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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   In "Appearance and Personalization", we need to click "File Explorer Options"

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   We click the "View" tab

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   We scroll down to find "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"

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   It is recommended for us to hide the protected files so that we do not alter or delete them by accident, as it will ruin the operating system.

   

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   If we are sure that we know what we are doing, we can simply uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"

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   Then, we need to click "Yes"

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   Then, we click "OK"

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   In this video, two files will appear on the desktop. Those are "desktop.ini" files.

   

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