How to clear hidden and system attributes of folder


  1. William40
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    How to clear hidden and system attributes of folder


    I tried to clear it with total commander but it did not work. I made this folder system and hidean using total commander DOS very long time ago and now it is not visible in a new cloned OS drive .

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    nevermind I changed view option now it is visible
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  3. Bree
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    William40 said:
    ... I made this folder system and hidean using total commander DOS very long time ago and now it is not visible in a new cloned OS drive .
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     nevermind I changed view option now it is visible

    You may still wish to remove the system and hidden attribute. You can do that from a command prompt with the command:
    ATTRIB -S -H foldername

    Here I removed the SH attributes from a test folder I had made system/hidden...

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  4. Samuria
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    As its set to system windows now protects system files so it may not want to play
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