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Even though I have checked options "Show hidden files", I still see no records, I KNOW that I put in place.  If I have "research" them I can see, but if I prepare a document and want to then save it in a folder known... the file will not be displayed in the list for me in the choice of where to put my new document.  Why?

Hello jkgk,

Please see the thread below for some possible solutions:

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-desktop/show-hidden-files-and-folders-option-not-working/4d6d7b29-8382-4798-AB43-49ccbfd109bf

Thank you

James

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    00, 2 c, 00, 2d, 00, 31, 00, 30, 00, 00, 31, 39, 00, 35, 00, 00, 00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID]
    @= "{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\DefaultIcon]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 00, 73, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5 c, 00, 7A, 00, 69, 00,------.
    70,00,66,00, 6 c, 00, 64, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 64, 00, 6 c, 00, 6 c, 00, 00, 00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell]
    @= 'none '.

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find]
    "SuppressionPolicy" = dword:00000080
    "LegacyDisable"=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\command]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 45, 00, 00, 78, 00, 70, 00, 6 c, 00 6f 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 65, 00, 78, 00,
    65,00,00,00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\ddeexec]
    @= "[FindFolder (\"%l\ ', % I ')] ""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
    @= "Folders."

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
    @= "AppProperties".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\Open]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\Open\Command]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 45, 00, 00, 78, 00, 70, 00, 6 c, 00 6f 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 65, 00, 78, 00,
    65,00,20,00, 2f, 00, 69, 00, 64, 00, 6 c, 00, 69, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 2 c, 00, 25, 00, 49, 00, 2 c,.
    00,25,00, 4 C, 00, 00, 00
    "DelegateExecute" = "{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ {b8cdcb65-b1bf-4b42-9428-1dfdb7ee92af}]
    @= "Compressed (zipped) folder Menu.

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\DropHandler]
    @= "{ed9d80b9-d157-457b-9192-0e7280313bf0}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\StorageHandler]
    @= "{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]
    @= "CompressedFolder".

    [\DefaultIcon HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 00, 73, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5 c, 00, 7A, 00, 69, 00,------.
    70,00,66,00, 6 c, 00, 64, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 64, 00, 6 c, 00, 6 c, 00, 00, 00

    [\Implemented HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ categories {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31} \Implemented Categories\ {00021490-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
    @= hex (0):

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31} \InProcServer32]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 00, 73, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5 c, 00, 7A, 00, 69, 00,------.
    70,00,66,00, 6 c, 00, 64, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 64, 00, 6 c, 00, 6 c, 00, 00, 00
    "ThreadingModel"="Apartment".

    [\ProgID HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]
    @= "CompressedFolder".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31} \ShellFolder]
    'Attributes' = dword:200001 has 0
    "UseDropHandler"=""

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