Intended For Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95

• Open My Computer, and select Options from the View menu (or the Tools menu in Windows Me/2000/XP).
• Click on the View tab, choose Show all files, and press OK.

Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

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• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I show hidden files (such as MSDOS.SYS)?' (Carl G. Root: Tuesday, March 19, 2002)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I show hidden files (such as MSDOS.SYS)?' (T.J.: Monday, April 29, 2002)
• [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I show hidden files (such as MSDOS.SYS)?' (Ehab Elgawady: Sunday, January 19, 2003)
• [Windows XP] re: 'How do I show hidden files (such as MSDOS.SYS)?' (John Smith: Friday, December 26, 2003)
• [Windows 98] not able to see folder options in view menu (ramakrishnan: Thursday, October 27, 2005)
• [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I show hidden files (such as MSDOS.SYS)?' (Ally: Wednesday, July 12, 2006)