Solution: Pen Drive does not show folders/files

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 *.*