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My Windows 7 was recently infected by the system-fix.com virus and it hid all my files and directories. I believe I've removed the virus but I still can't find many files and programs.

Is there a single command-line tool in Windows that can recursively turn off the hidden attribute for an entire drive?

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If your computer has had a virus, the only truly safe thing to do is back up your files and apps and re-install your operating system from fresh media. – Joel Coehoorn Dec 10 '11 at 3:52
Probably should be on SuperUser – TheLQ Dec 10 '11 at 4:23
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SuperUser already has "Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?", note. – JdeBP Dec 10 '11 at 12:28
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Unhide is designed specifically to address this symptom.

When run, it will unhide (-H) all +H files on the fixed disks of your computer. It will not, though, unhide any files that also have the +S attribute.

Refer to the Removal Guide for System Fix for further information.

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I think attrib -H /S /D should do the trick.

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