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re: Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 6:14 pm Posted by spaceman (552 messages posted) In Windows Explorer / View / uncheck "as Web Page. BC On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:13 pm, nocturnal wrote: >I have a question about How >do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?: > >Yeah, that. It doesnt work in Win 98se, possibly others too. I've had outstanding >luck with this site untill this one. Followed directions explicitly without resolve. > >noc > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 6:32 pm Posted by Gerry Kroll (1986 messages posted) Open Windows Explorer. Select the View menu entry. Select Folder Options from the menu. Select the View tab. Select the Show all files radio button. Click Apply then click the Like current folder button at the top of the same dialog page. On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:13 pm, nocturnal wrote: >I have a question about How >do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?: > >Yeah, that. It doesnt work in Win 98se, possibly others too. I've had outstanding >luck with this site untill this one. Followed directions explicitly without resolve. > >noc > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' Friday, December 12, 2003 at 10:27 am Posted by Paul (8 messages posted) Here's a procedure that seems to work for that pesky Windows Show Files problem -- and it works for Windows 98SE. I found it at: http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,38601,pg,5,00.asp Here's a cut and paste of the pertinent section of that hint: But what if you want to see the folder as a Web page? Go to the folder in question (either C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System), and select View, Customize this Folder. On the first page of the resulting wizard, select Remove customization, click Next twice, and then click Finish. From now on, that folder will display as a Web page without problems. Paul On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:13 pm, nocturnal wrote: >I have a question about How >do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?: > >Yeah, that. It doesnt work in Win 98se, possibly others too. I've had outstanding >luck with this site untill this one. Followed directions explicitly without resolve. > >noc > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Windows folder question. Friday, December 12, 2003 at 11:38 am Posted by nocturnal (2 messages posted) Thank you, your fix worked well. noc [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum