How to unhide hidden folders caused by malwares and viruses

Most hidden files and folders are needed by Windows to work. However there is a darker side. Sometimes viruses and Spyware will hide themselves on your computer. In addition, if you are a parent, your children most likely knows how to hide files they do not want you to see. In this presentation you will learn how to see the hidden files and folders on your computer.

1. Step 1: Start With Start

   The first step we do is to go down to the Start button on the bottom-left hand side of your screen.
   Now this is also a good time to bring up a point: everything I’m going to show you, by default, is how Windows is set up. You might have changed some settings, but this is how Windows comes naturally.
   So we’re going to click on the Start button. We’re going to have this menu pop up, and we’re going to go to My Computer, and we’re going to single-click on this.

2. Step 2: Top Tip: The Mouse

   Let me explain what this means – single-click, double-click, and all this stuff. Single-click means one click of the left mouse button. Double-click means you click it twice. If you hear alternative click, that means you click the right mouse button.
   
   And again, these are by default. If you’ve set your computer for a southpaw, a left-handed person, your buttons might be reversed, but by default, single-click – one left button mouse click, double-click – two left mouse button clicks, and alternative means the right mouse button.

3. Step 3: Navigate My Computer

   So we’re going to click on My Computer, and we’re going to get this window pops up, and this window will pop up, and we’re going to go to the Tools option up here at the top of the page. We’re going to click on the Tools button, single-click.

4. Step 4: Explore Folder Options

   Then we get this drop-down menu. We go to Folder Options. This new dialog box pops up. Notice there’re tabs up here. We want the View tab, so we’re going to click on the View tab, and we’re going to look for the option that says “Show hidden files and folders”. Here it is. Right now, you see the little button is in the “Do not show hidden files and folders”. We’re going to click in the other button, right there, and now “Show hidden files and folders” is enabled.

5. Step 5: Apply The Changes

   Now we want to close this window out. We can do it one of two ways: we can either go Apply or OK. The difference between the two is “Apply” means you want to continue working in this window. So, for example, if I want this change to occur, but I’m still going to work in here, I’m going to hit the Apply button. And then I can still look in my General tabs and the other tabs.
   If I want to close this window out when I’m done, then I would click the OK button. It does the same thing as the Apply button, except it closes the window out once you’ve pushed it.

6. Step 6: Done

   So that showed you how to unhide your files and folders. Once again, this is an important tool to begin cleaning your computer up, as well as finding out where the children have been. Hope this helps you out, and we look forward to seeing you for our next video presentation.