Ugrent help

speeduk · 7 May 2018 at 13:42

Hi. Urgent help needed. I somehow managed to "hide" all files in the user folder and now this pc and control panel etc won't open.

I tried system restore and nothing.

How can I unhide the file without control panel etc..

Vince · 7 May 2018 at 13:44

you tried looking to see if they are there using command prompt? If you copy them out using CMD to a new location they should unhide.

speeduk · 7 May 2018 at 13:45

How do I do that? The user folder is called "sally"

Vince · 7 May 2018 at 13:49

okay open command prompt. and type (assuming win 7/10)

Code:

cd c:\users\sally\

followed by enter, then type:

Code:

dir

it will list files in the directory

you can then type

Code:

cd documents

again dir lists contents.

you can then copy folders using the copy command. If cmd can see the file system it will look something like this:

speeduk · 7 May 2018 at 13:53

Never mind i got file explorer up and went to options and show all hidden files.

Vince · 7 May 2018 at 13:55

speeduk said:
Never mind i got file explorer up and went to options and show all hidden files.

Yea that is a lot easier was assuming that windows explorer was a no go or not working.

Habakkuk · 8 May 2018 at 01:24

Did you manage to lock yourself out even in safe-mode?