Has anyone seen normal user created folders suddenly becoming hidden magically. And the folder property has the hidden property checked but grayed-out so it can not be unhide?
Background:
I recently did the latest critical updates for Window ME and also ran the McAfee Scan (ver 4.03) with the latest DAT file.
After everything was installed and checked I noticed some folders I made on the desktop were missing (deleted I thought). I did a file search and found them hidden on the desktop. (I then made all hidden files visible and there they were.)
Immediate Problem:
So, I tried to unhide it but the properties hidden check box was
checked and grayed-out...I could not uncheck it. So the folder can't be unhide.
I rebooted...probably not the best thing at the time...because
then I noticed more folders becoming hidden. Also, links in my Start-Program list began to disappear (ie., Accessory, System, Game...) mainly because those folders were becoming hidden as well. [Note: for awhile more folders became hidden after reboots
or accessing the folders.]
I did run Scandisk to check the harddrive and it would run for
awhile then seem to sit for ever....I would cancel and rerun and
then it would be fine.
I have recently ran scandisk, defrag, regscan, etc. and everything seems fine. All in all several folders here and there became hidden and I tried to unhide them but the hidden button is grayed out.
System Stable:
It seems that no additional folders have become hidden since that day12/23. No virus was found and no other problem has occured. I don't know what made the folders permenately hidden.
Has anyone seen this happen? Any suggestions to unhide these folders?
Background:
I recently did the latest critical updates for Window ME and also ran the McAfee Scan (ver 4.03) with the latest DAT file.
After everything was installed and checked I noticed some folders I made on the desktop were missing (deleted I thought). I did a file search and found them hidden on the desktop. (I then made all hidden files visible and there they were.)
Immediate Problem:
So, I tried to unhide it but the properties hidden check box was
checked and grayed-out...I could not uncheck it. So the folder can't be unhide.
I rebooted...probably not the best thing at the time...because
then I noticed more folders becoming hidden. Also, links in my Start-Program list began to disappear (ie., Accessory, System, Game...) mainly because those folders were becoming hidden as well. [Note: for awhile more folders became hidden after reboots
or accessing the folders.]
I did run Scandisk to check the harddrive and it would run for
awhile then seem to sit for ever....I would cancel and rerun and
then it would be fine.
I have recently ran scandisk, defrag, regscan, etc. and everything seems fine. All in all several folders here and there became hidden and I tried to unhide them but the hidden button is grayed out.
System Stable:
It seems that no additional folders have become hidden since that day12/23. No virus was found and no other problem has occured. I don't know what made the folders permenately hidden.
Has anyone seen this happen? Any suggestions to unhide these folders?