The operating systems of the Windows 7 line have been significantly updated compared to Windows XP and 2000. Changes have affected many interface features. Now, for those who are used to the old way of configuring, it is not easy to find the familiar dialog boxes.
Instructions
Step 1
To configure the display of hidden files and folders, you need to get to the "Folder Options" window. This can be done as follows. Click "Start", select "Control Panel" from the menu.
Step 2
If you have Category View set up, open Appearance and Personalization, then select Folder Options or Folder Options. If all the items in the "Control Panel" are displayed as icons, then the item "Folder Options" will already be among them.
Step 3
Click the View tab in the Folder Options dialog box that opens. In the "Additional parameters" area you will see a list of settings, opposite each of which you can set or uncheck the box. Find the item "Hidden files and folders", usually it is located at the very end of the list.
Step 4
You will see a switch consisting of two items: "Do not show hidden files, folders and drives" and "Show hidden files, folders and drives". Set the value opposite the item "Show …". Click OK.
Step 5
Alternatively, you can access the Folder Options dialog box. Open the "File Explorer" window. While it is active, press the Alt key on your keyboard. There are two of them, and they are always located in the bottom row, to the right and left of the space. An exception may be the keyboards of some laptops.
Step 6
An additional panel will appear in the "Explorer", which contains the tabs "File", "Edit", "View", "Service", "Help". Select "Service". The bottom item in this menu is "Folder Options". Click on it. Follow all that is described in the third and fourth steps of this manual.
Step 7
There is another way to open the folder view settings dialog from Explorer. On the normal window pane, there will be an Arrange menu at the top left. Choose it. There, approximately in the middle of the list, is the item "Folder and search options". Click on it and the familiar Folder Options window will open.
