Restoring "These files are hidden" message

[Jake]

>-----Original Message-----
>When set up XP protects certain folders with a "These
files are
>hidden" message.
>
>Once you have looked inside the folder the mesage is
gone for good.
>
>Can it be restored? I am the administrator on the family
computer and
>I want discourage younger members from poking around in
the system.
>
>Rob H.
>.
>Yes, you can restore them as the Administrator by
rightclicking the files/properties and uncheck "hidden".

[robin@despammed.com]

Thanks

Rob

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:21:50 -0700, "Jake" > wrote:

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>When set up XP protects certain folders with a "These
>files are
>>hidden" message.
>>
>>Once you have looked inside the folder the mesage is
>gone for good.
>>
>>Can it be restored? I am the administrator on the family
>computer and
>>I want discourage younger members from poking around in
>the system.
>>
>>Rob H.
>>.
>>Yes, you can restore them as the Administrator by
>rightclicking the files/properties and uncheck "hidden".

[nospam.please@ualberta.ca]

Actually, what you probably want is to leave them hidden.
You would then go into Folder Options/View, and set the "Hide protected
operating system files" and clear the "Show contents of system folders"
checkboxes. You can also select the "Do not show hidden files and folders"
radio button.

I recommend clearing the "Hide file extensions for known file types" box so
that you can tell what a file is (particularly if it is an executable, so that
you don't mistakenly execute something that you don't want to, like viruses
that someone sends you with things like a .txt.exe extension).

In article >,
wrote:
|Thanks
|
|Rob
|
|On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:21:50 -0700, "Jake" > wrote:
|
|>
|>>-----Original Message-----
|>>When set up XP protects certain folders with a "These
|>files are
|>>hidden" message.
|>>
|>>Once you have looked inside the folder the mesage is
|>gone for good.
|>>
|>>Can it be restored? I am the administrator on the family
|>computer and
|>>I want discourage younger members from poking around in
|>the system.
|>>
|>>Rob H.
|>>.
|>>Yes, you can restore them as the Administrator by
|>rightclicking the files/properties and uncheck "hidden".
|