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Finding hidden files in Windows Server 2008 R2
I'm trying to locate only the hidden files in a given subtree of the file system. The search box in Windows Explorer has facilities for tags like
Date Modified:
or
Size:
Is there a similar tag ...
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Does a ctrl+a in a folder select the hidden items as well?
Does CTRL + A in a folder select the hidden items as well? Will copying a folder containing hidden files also copy the hidden files?
These questions pertain to:
Windows Explorer-Win7
Nautilus - ...
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photos in windows 8 not accessible from start screen?
I'm working on a new Windows 8 enabled laptop that my co-worker recently purchased. about twenty minutes ago he e-mailed himself a picture from our main server however the picture is not showing up in ...
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Specify new patterns for hidden files
Is it possible to specify a new pattern to match files and folders I wish to hide from (Finder|Explorer|etc.)?
When using some editors (in my case Emacs), automatic backups will be created that are ...
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Why is Gparted showing space used when drive is empty running Ubuntu 12.1
I need help understanding why GParted is still showing space used on a hard drive.
I am moving files from a hard drive that I normally have connected to NAS device. The hard drive is connected to ...
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Windows 8 - Installer cannot see hidden file
I'm installing Adobe Acrobat 8 on Windows 8 and it needs a file called AdobePDF.dll which is no longer part of Windows but is supplied in the Acrobat cab file.
When I extract the dll, the installer ...
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Thousands of hidden .xyz files found on desktop of Mac OS X Server 10.7.5, what is this file?
I turned on visibility of hidden files, through the terminal command, to do some easy work in Finder on a Mac OS X server, once I did this I found that there was thousands of (literally) .xyz files on ...
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How can I search within hidden files and folders in Windows 7/8?
How can I search in hidden files and folders in windows 7 and 8?
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How to make ls command not show Icon? files?
I have a folder (say, Downloads) with a custom icon.
When I execute cd Downloads and then ls, it displays
Icon?
Subfolder1
Subfolder2
How can I make the ls command skip (thus not showing) ...
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Do hidden files copied onto a USB from Windows 7 appear as hidden in OS X?
Do hidden files copied onto a USB drive from Windows 7 appear as hidden in OS X?
Or does OS X show them as visible?
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Desktop.ini Issues/Confusion
BACKSTORY: I was out of town for a while and I forgot to turn my computer off. When I came back I saw that a desktop.ini file was on my desktop (using Windows 7). I thought that was odd because I knew ...
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Why I am not getting prompt while copying hidden files in Windows 7?
Whenever I copy files on my OS Windows 7, I usually not get prompt about hidden files as in windows XP.
The problem I have that I need to check whether hidden files get copied or not each time by ...
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Can't hide certain folders in Windows 7
I am trying to hide the following folders: Searches, My Videos, Favorites, and Desktop within my User Folder (Tamara).
The problem is that I am not able to make them hide within that left pane that ...
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SFTP bandwith limit server side and hidden folders
Is it possible to limit SFTP traffic server-sided? All solutions I found used ''trickle'' on client side, but I kinda need it on the server or say "openssh does not support bandwith limiting" (which ...
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My user information was deleted [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undo an “rm -rf ~” command?
So I made a stupid error, I did a sudo rm -rf of my ~/ directory. I wasn't thinking of the hidden files in there. Now instead of showing what ...
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Disable windows 7 for hidden files and folder search
I want to hide all my important folders. Fortunately i did that, but the biggest loophole here is anyone can find my files using their names in search. So if my folder is not visible, anyone can ...
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How does the SpyEye trojan hide itself, and can it be done by modifying file system entries? [closed]
I've looked into the FAT file system, trying to find a way to make a directory hidden from view of the user.
This has been done with malware previously, so it should be possible. The SpyEye trojan ...
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Suspicious .nyiyeverc file in my home directory
I found a suspicious hidden file on my Mac (a ppc powerbook running 10.4.11) when cleaning house recently. It's an 8 kb Unix executable file named ".nyiyeverc" sitting in my home directory (~/).I ...
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FOR command cannot see hidden files
I’m struggling with one of the most frustrating bugs I’ve ever come across.
Bug description:
The for command of the command-interpreter cannot see hidden files.
Reproduction steps:
Create a ...
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Recovering files that do not appear in the Recycle Bin, but are in the $Recycle.bin folder on external drive
Problem:
I have an NTFS external drive with a $Recycle.bin folder on the root (E:\$Recycle.bin) that has about 70Gb worth of data. For whatever reason, the folder is no longer a hidden system folder, ...
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Unable to see the files hidden by a batch script
If I hide a file using command attrib +s +h file.txt. Then set the option 'view hidden files' in Windows 7, but it is not possible to see file.txt. Why can't I see the files hidden by the batch ...
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Windows 7 C: drive is full, but folders don't add up
I'm baffled. My C: Drive is showing up as almost full at 127GB out of a 138GB hard drive capacity. However, when I add up all the folders, they only add up to 73GB.
That's a whole whopping 54GB ...
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Some files in C:\ hidden even though hidden attribute is not set, how to identify them?
I found this on a Windows XP machine and as well as a Windows 7 machine. That is certain files in C drive (not anywhere else yet), are hidden, though their hidden attribute is false (or unchecked). ...
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Windows 7 Show Hidden files, folders, and drives resets after re-logging
I have windows 7 64 bit. I check the radio button Show hidden files, folder, and drives in the Folder Options. I then log out and log back in and it has been reset to Don't show hidden files, folder, ...
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Making a file hidden in OS X but visible in Windows, and vice versa
My company makes a software program that runs on both Windows and Mac. While the main program executable and a few other files are different for the Windows version vs. the Mac version, the vast ...
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Create .zip's on OS X without the “extra” MacOS files (like .DS_Store, MACOSX folder, etc) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Compressing folders on a mac, without the .DS_Store
OS X includes undesired, "extra" files when creating .zip's of folders that look poor in Windows & Linux. How to ...
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Unhide files that start with a dot on Linux
I was looking into a folder where I normally store data that I've unpacked and found that some files I thought were lost were actually in a folder that started with a .. Using Nautilus the folder was ...
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Why doesn't DIR show C:\Users\Yours Truly\AppData?
[Pardon the Windows-noob question!]
It often happens that the paths I can read off the Windows Explorer GUI do not correspond to anything I can see with DIR (in the CMD command line).
For example, ...
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Cannot find file and folder $RECYCLE.BIN in windows 7
I have recovered a deleted file Episode2.wmv. In recovery software it was showing it in folder $RECYCLE.BIN\SOME-STRANGE-LONG-FOLDER-NAME\Episode2.wmv. I recovered it on root c:\ but I am unable to ...
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How can I permanently delete hidden files/folders on Mac USB drive?
I am aware that you can delete Mac OS X hidden files/folders (such as /.Spotlight-V100 or .DS_Store) on a USB drive using various scripts. But then the hidden files/folders get added again before you ...
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Is it safe to remove hidden folders from Mac OS X from a USB drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I just formated my external HDD and gave it two partitions. What are these files it created? Mac OS X
I recently copied some files on a USB flash drive on a Mac. Now on ...
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Moving hidden files/folders with the command-line or batch-file
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Does anyone know of a way to move files and folders that have the hidden, system, or read-only attribute set from the command-line or a batch file? (No, stripping the attributes first is not ...
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Script for toggling OS X “Show Hidden Files” in Terminal
Is there a way to toggle the hidden files visibility on/off with a terminal script?
In pseudocode:
if can view hidden files
set com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles false
else
set ...
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How to access hidden or system files in OS X
I need to access files/folders that are not part of this dialog that comes up the "Finder" or whatever its called. Some of these files might be hidden file types. I can get to them via my terminal no ...
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Hiding files/folders which begin with a full stop (period)
Windows does not use the dot-file convention for hidden files. However, many Windows applications (mostly opensource/cross-platform) use files and folders with this convention. How can I make Windows ...
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Hidden movies inside camera
I have Sony Steadyshot dsc-w550 camera. The problem is I can see all recorded videos INSIDE camera only. When accessing via USB cable, I see only photos.
Tried to show hidden files. No success!
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Hide files that begin with a dot in Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hide dotfiles in Windows
Is there a way to have Windows automatically hide any file that begin with a dot the way it's done in Linux?
PS I have seen this Hide dotfiles ...
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is there a way to change attributes of all files at the sametime in the desktop using the command prompt
I have a hidden file in my desktop that I recently switch to attrib +h in command prompt but don't know the name of the file. So I want to use the command prompt and change all files within the ...
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How can I recover these hidden files?
I made my Windows 7 hard drive unbootable (don't ask how right now, I was being stupid :P), and am running Ubuntu from a CD to backup the files before I do a system restore. The only problem is, the ...
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How to chmod and chown hidden files in Linux?
How do I recursively execute chmod or chown for hidden files?
sudo chmod -R 775 * does not work on hidden files.
The same thing goes for sudo chown -R user:group.
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Folders Of External Hard Drive being are behaved like Protected Operating system Files
Some days ago I mounted my External Hard Drive to the Friend's Laptop (WinXP), Then all Folders on the Hard's root have been hidden (on all Windows Versions).therefore to access them you should know ...
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Can't see hidden folder in Finder, but “ls” and “cd” work
On my external hardisk there are two folders inside a folder called "Sys". When I try to navigate to "Sys" using Finder (using "go to folder" option), I only see one folder inside "Sys".
When I use ...
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OSX 10.7 - Hide DS_Store Files but not htaccess files in finder
I'm working on OSX 10.7 Lion, and i have finder showing me all the hidden files, so i can get at my .htaccess files.
I'm wondering if there is a way to just hide the .DS_Store files in finder, so ...
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Is there a Linux tool for changing DOS/Windows file attributes?
I often use a Linux LiveCD (or Puppy on a pen drive) to disinfect Windows machines that are infested with various malware. However, once the malware is gone, you still need to deal with the ...
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Windows 7 - How to make hidden files count when it comes to hard disk space?
I have noticed that hidden files do not count when I hover the mouse to see information on directory size, however hidden files get counted when I click on folder's "Properties".
How do I make hidden ...
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.lnk files creates as hidden in Windows 7
I had a problem in my Windows 7 Professional, since when I clicked "New->Shortcut" on the desktop or a folder, nothing would happen. I downloaded the following REG file:
Windows Registry Editor ...
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Why are two files reported in RECYCLER when recycle bin is empty?
I have emptied the Recycle Bin. However, when I right-click on the RECYCLER folder on drive C and select Properties, it says "Contains 2 files, 1 folders". I see a folder in there with a random ...
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Files hidden on USB hard disk because of virus, how to clean?
I have 1 GB hard drive. First all of its contents were gone after a virus got in (when I have the drive to someone else). After research found that it was a virus may be. I run Nortan antivus and ...
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Unhide a Windows hidden folder in OS X
I had a Windows 7 machine which I have now taken to work since I got myself a Macbook Pro. I used my external drive with my Windows machine earlier.
It had some hidden folders in the disk which I ...
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How can I recursively clear the “Hidden” file flag on Windows Vista?
A friend's computer was recently infected with a virus.
I hope the virus has been removed successfully. But, it appears that the virus set the "Hidden" flag on most directories and files on the ...
