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when i display the contents of my E drive (windows 10), it shows 20 folders. there are really 23. the 3 that don't show are called videos, mp3s and pictures. interesting.....all media folders. i can access these folders by doing a search. is there some sort of designation that keeps these folder names from displaying?

I would try "Show hidden files, "Show system files".

clicking on "show system items" (not system files, as in the sample) worked. but i don't understand how these three folders are different from the rest. they hold pictures, videos and mp3s. they are not system files.

They are different because they are renamed from the OS depending on the Language.

horst.epp wrote: 04.04.2023, 20:35 They are different because they are renamed from the OS depending on the Language.

What?

They are not different [i.e. "invisible]" because they have simply the Hidden attribute applied to them?

Forez wrote: 04.04.2023, 23:35

horst.epp wrote: 04.04.2023, 20:35 They are different because they are renamed from the OS depending on the Language.

What?

They are not different [i.e. "invisible]" because they have simply the Hidden attribute applied to them?

You don't understand, they are not invisible but their names are changing accroding to the installed OS Language.
Thats the reason for setting them hidden, as there other ways to use them.
In a German OS for example the name of the Pictures folder is Bilder
and there is a link named Bilder which points to the hardcoded hidden Pictures on the disk.

Now I do

Thanks for taking time to explain this