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Due to some common virus or some other reason such as registry problem will disables the Show hidden files and folders function in Windows XP.

Here is the steps to enable it again.

The symptom of this problem is every time you select the Show hidden files and folders options under Folder Options, the screen just flashes when you click OK and the hidden files and folders are not unhidden. You can fix this problem with a registry hack:

1. Click Start > Run and type REGEDIT
2. Look for below path and change the value accordingly.
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] and Set "Hidden" = 1
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL] and Set "Hidden" = 1
3. Now you should be able to see all the hidden files and folders.

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