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Anselmo
December 17th, 2011, 09:53 AM
My school computers have virus and that virus infected my flash drive. Now it's not infected anymore, but all the folders are hide...
I already try to unhide, but it dind't work.
Any ideas to solve this problem??
TheMatrix
December 17th, 2011, 02:35 PM
If your school computers are Windows, try viewing the files with another operating system(e.g., Mac or Linux). Or, in Windows Explorer, check "Show Hidden Files and Folders".
If they are Macs, view them on a Windows machine, and remove the dot prefixing each hidden file.
Anselmo
December 17th, 2011, 04:33 PM
Yes, they are Windows.

Show Hidden Files and Folders i already did, but nothing happened...
Dark_Desires
December 17th, 2011, 06:25 PM
I have had this happen 2 times.If u are runing vista or windows 7 goto the folder there hiden in.click the the top right on organzie then click on folder and search options.Then u click view and u should see if u scroll down a option to show hiden files.Or if my explanation was sloppy read this.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/show-hidden-files-in-windows-7/
Anselmo
December 17th, 2011, 07:54 PM
Still can't see the folders...
Commander Thor
December 17th, 2011, 08:44 PM
If you still can't see the folders after you've enabled hidden folder viewing, then that could mean a few different things. The most likely of them being that the folders simply aren't there anymore.

Try using the following command on the flash drive in Command Prompt (If you're using Windows Vista/7, you have to run Command Prompt as Administrator):
attrib -H -S x:\* /S /D
Where 'x' is the letter of the flash drive.

If that fails to work, then you're looking at formatting your flash drive again(And thus losing everything that was on the flashdrive).
Anselmo
December 18th, 2011, 03:31 AM
Thank you so much :) it worked
Commander Thor
December 18th, 2011, 04:31 AM
It... Did?
I was actually only half expecting that to work... :P

But you're welcome. :)
Silicate Wielder
December 18th, 2011, 10:32 PM
What OS you run? if its ubuntu hit ctrl and H at the same time while your flashdrive's folder is open. if its not ubuntu then i dont know how to help you
Commander Thor
December 18th, 2011, 10:45 PM
What OS you run? if its ubuntu hit ctrl and H at the same time while your flashdrive's folder is open. if its not ubuntu then i dont know how to help you

Good job on reading the thread there.
I mean, seriously.


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