Solution: Pen Drive does not show folders/files
Sometimes you may face such problems:
-
There are folders and files occupying some spaces
in your flash drive but those are not visible.
-
Folders/Files
in your flash drive are shown in Short-Cut type and you cannot copy that.
I have come with some easiest steps that resolve your
problems.
Steps:
1.
Open “Folder Option” Box by following steps as
shown in the Picture (a) Or by
Control Panel>>Appearance and
Personalization>>Folder Option>>View
2.
As shown in the Picture (b),
Choose
“Show hidden files, folders, and drives”
Uncheck
“Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended)”
3.
Now, you can see dim icons of files/folders that
are hidden in your pen drive. [Picture (c)]
4.
Now, go to “Start” and type “cmd” (without
quotation markes “ “) and open command
prompt box.
5.
In cmd box, type label of your pen drive and
press “Enter”.
For example, type
“H:” (without quotation marks “ “) if
your pen drive’s label is “H:”.
6.
Type following command and press “Enter”
Attrib [Folder Name] –a –s –h
For example, if you want to unhide folder “dvr”
type
Attrib dvr –a –s –h
If you want to unhide a file, type
following command and press “Enter”
Attrib [File name with extension] –a –s –h
For, example if you want to unhide file
with name “Remi.docx”, type
Attrib remi.docx –a –s –h
You can see extension of files by
unchecking “Hide extensions for known file types” in “Folder Options” box.
Note:
1.
If the folders/files you want to unhide contains
more than six characters in its name. Rename it with less than six characters.
2.
You are strongly recommended to scan your pen
drive with a reliable antivirus before following those steps.
If you want all the files to be shown, you can type command: Attrib -s -h /s /d *.*
