Cannot unhide the Documents folder

raaz · 07-03-2009, 06:44 AM

Somehow, my Documents folder got hidden. So, I tried to unhide it, but when I go to Properties page of Documents, the Hidden checkbox under Attributes is grayed out. I am unable to unhide. So, in the Elevated Command Prompt, I tried to unhide using the command “attrib -h”, but no use. Is there anyway to unhide the Documents folder? Please help me.

Thanks for any help.

ittech · 07-03-2009, 06:50 AM

May be, your Documents folder has been changed to system file. Use the below command in the Elevated Command Prompt to remove the system classification:

attrib –s –h

It will also remove the hidden status.

07-03-2009, 06:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
raaz Status: Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 61	Cannot unhide the Documents folder Somehow, my Documents folder got hidden. So, I tried to unhide it, but when I go to Properties page of Documents, the Hidden checkbox under Attributes is grayed out. I am unable to unhide. So, in the Elevated Command Prompt, I tried to unhide using the command “attrib -h”, but no use. Is there anyway to unhide the Documents folder? Please help me. Thanks for any help.

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07-03-2009, 06:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
ittech Status: Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 779	May be, your Documents folder has been changed to system file. Use the below command in the Elevated Command Prompt to remove the system classification: attrib –s –h It will also remove the hidden status.