Windows 10: File explorer does not display folders which are NOT set to be hidden

My new Windows 11 system seems to have developed a strange behavior in File Explorer where subfolders are not displayed. These subfolders are not set to be hidden and File Explorer is set to display hidden items, as well. If I navigate to the top level folder such as J:\Top\ from the command prompt the DIR command also fails to show the afflicted subfolders. If I invoke DIR /S the result is to list all the ‘invisible’ subfolders and contents as well the ones shown. If I enter the address of one of the invisible subfolders, J:\Top\Sub for example, into the address bar of

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File explorer does not display folders which are NOT set to be hidden

My new Windows 11 system seems to have developed a strange behavior in File Explorer where subfolders are not displayed. These subfolders are not set to be hidden and File Explorer is set to display hidden items, as well.



If I navigate to the top level folder such as J:\Top\ from the command prompt the DIR command also fails to show the afflicted subfolders. If I invoke DIR /S the result is to list all the ‘invisible’ subfolders and contents as well the ones shown. If I enter the address of one of the invisible subfolders, J:\Top\Sub for example, into the address bar of File Explorer the contents are listed.



The fault seems to be that the subfolders are just not shown but they do exist and all their content is available.



This occurred yesterday as I was about to take a snapshot of some of my development subfolders to a USB drive for extra backup. I do this using a command script that uses the XCOPY command to move any files that have changed compared to those already on the J drive. Before I executed the script there were 6 subfolders in the J:\Top folder but once the script stopped there was only one shown.



I have restarted the system, talked sweetly to it and then dirty to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to correct or avoid this most strange behavior?

 

Hidden folders

I installed `Kane and Lynch` on my PC twice in Program Files(x86) folder but I can`t find them (2 folders with game). But free space on my HDD is lower. So there`re those folders on my hdd. I use option `unhide` hidden folders but still can`t find them. Any suggestions? How can i delete those hidden folders?

When I run istallation for this game I can see those folders in Program Files(x86) folde.

I`m using Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

 

Anyone knows what these files are?

Those are Super Hidden Files which as the name implies files which are hidden from the user even more than normal hidden files.

Even if you enable the ability to view hidden files and folders in Explorer these super hidden files/folders will still not be displayed.