My computer crashed and when I restarted it all my files were gone. So I'm not doumb, I did a system restore to earlier that morning and most of my stuff was there. There were a few files missing off the desktop, the same with all my Hard Drives. I can still see all these files with "Search Everything" an when I go to folders that are empty, I can check the size and it tells me there are serveral files in there. Also, I checked and realised that all my files and folders are now read only. This was OK for a few days, until I tried to play some more modern games than MM2. But I kept getting errors of programs "Not being able to create files". This is most annoying with Firefox, as everytime I restart (which is rarley) I have to delete it and uninstall it to get past the "Firefox is already running..." message. I've tried going into to folders and un-checking the read only box and clicking apply, but with or without leaving the folder, I can go straight back into the propities and the box is selected again. So is there a command or program I can use to make all my files un-hidden and read only? Also, why those files that disapperaed have done just that. And why can I see all these files myself? Thanks,
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Jump to PostAnnoying... Try this: open a cmd.exe window alongside a downsized explorer window, drag an affected folder into the cmd window and:
-at the end type: /s /d
-press Home, and in front type: attrib -r -h
...and press Enter. Did that make the change stick to files in that folder?
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Jump to PostYes, it thinks that this is a switch: -h"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations" because of missing spaces. Place a space before the opening " and one after the closing ". And that should do it.
attrib -r -h "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations" /s /dcmd is a bit unpredictable, …
Jump to PostAlso keep in mind that some switches are case sensitive as well. If you get help from the command.. by using a /?, you can see if there are switches in lower and upper case.
Jump to PostHi, super c, if you entered....
attrib -r -h "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations" /s /d
you would merely see the prompt reappear after a pause. The job is done, all files in that folder and sub-folders will have had their read-only [and hidden] attributes removed. Take no notice of …
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