Guest Don J Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 How do you get a directory listing of all the hidden files in directory C: . Is there anyway of accessing hidden files with Windows Explorer. Don J -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: How do you view a list of hidden files? "Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message news:DN6dnUPVo8zzMnjbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com... > How do you get a directory listing of all the hidden files in directory C: > . Is there anyway of accessing hidden files with Windows Explorer. > > Don J > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Click Start / Run / cmd {OK} - Type these commands: dir c:\ /s /ah > c:\files.txt{Enter} notepad c:\files.txt{Enter} You will now see the name of every hidden file on drive C:.
Guest 3c273 Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: How do you view a list of hidden files? dir /ah c:\ As for Windows Explorer: Tools>Folder Options>View>Show hidden files and folders. Louis "Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message news:DN6dnUPVo8zzMnjbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com... > How do you get a directory listing of all the hidden files in directory C: .. > Is there anyway of accessing hidden files with Windows Explorer. > > Don J > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: How do you view a list of hidden files? I think you omitted the /s switch from your command. "3c273" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:fc4es2025bn@enews2.newsguy.com... > dir /ah c:\ > As for Windows Explorer: > Tools>Folder Options>View>Show hidden files and folders. > Louis > > "Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:DN6dnUPVo8zzMnjbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> How do you get a directory listing of all the hidden files in directory >> C: > . >> Is there anyway of accessing hidden files with Windows Explorer. >> >> Don J >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- >> >> > >
Guest 3c273 Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: How do you view a list of hidden files? The OP requested a command to list all of the hidden files in directory C, not all files in directory C *and* its subfolders. Louis "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:uPImQa$8HHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I think you omitted the /s switch from your command. > > "3c273" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:fc4es2025bn@enews2.newsguy.com... > > dir /ah c:\ > > As for Windows Explorer: > > Tools>Folder Options>View>Show hidden files and folders. > > Louis > > > > "Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:DN6dnUPVo8zzMnjbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com... > >> How do you get a directory listing of all the hidden files in directory > >> C: > > . > >> Is there anyway of accessing hidden files with Windows Explorer. > >> > >> Don J > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > ----------------- > >> > >> > > > > > >
Guest mhc Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Re: How do you view a list of hidden files? Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > "Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:DN6dnUPVo8zzMnjbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> How do you get a directory listing of all the hidden files in directory C: >> . Is there anyway of accessing hidden files with Windows Explorer. >> >> Don J >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > - Click Start / Run / cmd {OK} > - Type these commands: > dir c:\ /s /ah > c:\files.txt{Enter} > notepad c:\files.txt{Enter} > > You will now see the name of every hidden file on drive C:. > > The output from the above DIR command will include all sorts of extraneous information. The /B switch will strip the extraneous info and provide a simple file list. Try this and note the clean output: dir c:\ /ah /b /s
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