

In this case, you can look at the following articles: If you plan to work with hidden files very often, you might want to add the appropriate ribbon commands to the quick access toolbar. When you select them, you will notice that the 'Hide selected items' button already appears pressed.Īfter you click it, the button will return to the normal unpressed state, and the hidden attribute will be removed from all selected files. To unhide them, select the hidden files and click the same button again, Hide selected items. Notice how they appear faded (which is also how they appear when you cut them) because they have the hidden attribute: The hidden files will appear in the File Explorer window at once. On the View tab, tick the Hidden items checkbox. Now, what if you wanted to show the hidden files again? Well, it is quite simple. That's it! The selected items will disappear from File Explorer, unless you have set hidden files to show. Also, see the following tutorial: How to invert selection in File Explorer of Windows 8.1.

