[Ham-Computers] RE: Displaying hidden files in Win98SE

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

Hi all,

John beat me to the punch.  But I want to point out that step 4 is the actual command that does the search (and outputting a txt file).  You can also combine steps 3 and 4 - you don't need to "CD \" first.  The consolidated command would be:

  dir c:\ /s /a:h

I left out the " > c:\hidefiles.txt" as this just creates the output file - instead, you get the output on-screen.


73,

  - Aaron, NN6O



-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:11 AM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] RE: Displaying hidden files in Win98SE

Hi,
   I didn't see any response to your inquiry, so I thought this would
help.

   The easiest way to display hidden files is to do a DOS DIR command.
Follow these instructions (note: I've only tried this in WinXP, but it
should work on 98SE) ---- 

Don't include the quotes around text below when typing at the DOS
prompt.

 1) Open a DOS window in Win98 using your favorite method (e.g. Start
--> Run --> Command.com, etc.)
 2) Select the drive letter you want if it is not C: (e.g. D:, etc.)
 3) Issue a "CD \" command to get to the root directory.
 4) Issue a "DIR /S /A:H > C:\HIDFILES.TXT" command and wait for another
DOS prompt. Notes: /S - include subdirectories, /A:H only files with
'hidden' attributes, > C:\HIDFILES.TXT directs the output to the
specified text file.
 5) Exit from DOS window by issuing an "EXIT" command.
 6) Open Windows Explorer using your favorite method (e.g. Start --> My
Computer, etc.)
 7) Look in the root of the C: drive for the HIDFILES.TXT file and
double-click it. It should open in Notepad and you can review the files
there.

Alternatively, in step 5 before issuing the "EXIT" command, you could
issue a "NOTEPAD HIDFILES.TXT" command to save steps 6 & 7 - your
choice.

   Good luck and take care,
      -John  W2JM

-----Original Message-----

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:13:23 -0700
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Windows 98 SE, Dsiplaying Hidden Files?

While using scandisk on a HDD recently, it reported quite a few
megabytes of
space used by 165 hidden files.

How can I search and display ONLY these 165 hidden files?

Kurt