Is there a way to prevent a file or folder being set invisible ? I am working on an infected machine (which I cannot disinfect) that constantly makes the files and folders in my usb stick invisible. I use the:  attrib -h -r -s /s /d f:\*.*  command to make them visible again but the problem continues since this command just saves the day.
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I have 1 GB hard drive with files hidden on it due to a virus. All of its contents were gone after a virus got in when I gave the drive to someone else. After research found that it was a virus may be.  I ran Nortan Anti-Virus and removed a certain virus. Then ran Malwarebytes, now Ad-Aware and AVG 2011 Anti-Virus.  After that, I could see the files on my other computer. But now I have hooked this to my new MacBook Pro—which is running Windows—I can’t see the files. The Anti-Virus finds all the files and Mac OS X wrote a 400 MB directory there which I can see but nothing else.  How to fix this? Which program will fix it?
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I came to understand that the following is the way to toggle the visibility of hidden files:  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES # replace YES with NO to hide hidden files killall -HUP Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app   Is there a way to show/hide hidden files without killing the Finder?
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I use OS X Mavericks and have some company storage drives mounted (using smb or cfs). (smb://username@address.path.toserver.com/directory/data). When I work with files on the drive or copy files to the drive, some hidden files are created. Most of these files start with dot-dash ._ and then the filename of the original file, like:  ._test001.png ._test002.png ._test003.png   And most of the times, the famous ._.DS_Store and .DS_Store are also there.  On my Mac, these . dot items are invisible, but my windows colleagues do see these files. How can I prevent OS X from making these strange invisible files?  On  (and other internet sources) you can find a 'defaults write' to disable the creation of .DS_Store files on your network drives. But this does not work in Mavericks:  defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true   For now I use this oneliner, but doing a rm -rf does feel wrong in this case.  find . -type f -name "._*" -exec rm "{}" \;   Edit: I don't want to delete the files or exclude them from copying. I want them not to be created in the first place.  Edit: I prefer a 'native' OS X solution over third party apps.  Edit: This questions has two answers, one for the ._ files and one for the .DS_Store files. The bounty is rewarded for dot_clean, this native command line app cleans all ._ files. Unfortunately is does not clear the .DS_Store files, this can effectively be done with Asepsis. Asepsis stores .DS_Stores in a fixed location, and not in the folder itself.
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I am on Windows 7.  I have some files on my computer leftover from an old version of Photoshop.  (I think... I don't remember exactly where they came from, but they seem to be Adobe files.)  There are 124 of them in a folder, which I have named "KILL."  (I don't remember what the original name of this folder is, it's been on my comptuer a long time.)  These files seem to be absolutely undeletable, as far as I can tell.  I can move them around and change the name of the folder, but deleting them is out of the question.  I also can't move them onto a different hard drive or flash drive, I've tried that.  So, let me list the things I've tried first:   A whole bunch of different "unlocking programs."  Including: IObit Unlocker, Lock Hunter, FileAssassin, and Project Kill box.  What I use LockHunter I am told: "No processes locking this file or folder have been found."  All of the other programs I've tried give me similar messages, telling me that nothing is locking the files.  Yet when I try to delete the files using LockHunter, I am simply told "Cannot delete x."  No reason is given. Tried using cmd.exe.  Even when I run a command window under administrator, it won't even let me access the KILL folder, much less delete anything.  I also tried killing explorer.exe from the task manager, and then using the cmd window.  Still can't even access that folder. Tried using safe mode in combination with these other options, doesn't change a thing. Tried changing permissions of the files using the security tab under properties.  It simply says "not inherited."  It will not allow me to change a thing. I am definitely the administrator of this computer. Tried Disk Cleanup and Defrag.  I suspected that some files must be damaged or something, but Disk Cleanup wasn't able to find any errors.  Defrag didn't help.   So, let me just say that I am not a computer expert.  But based on all the things I've tried, I suspect that this might be some hardware problem?  It seems strange that these files don't seem to be used by any processes, and yet are absolutely undeletable no matter what I do.  Is there anything else I can try?  Has anyone had any similar experience, and have any idea why this might have happened?  EDIT: Interesting recent development.  As I have toyed with moving the folder around, I moved it to the Program Files folder.  Now that it's there, it suddenly CANNOT be moved nor renamed.  It is stuck there, apparently permanently, as a folder called "KILL."  How irritating.
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I have set of temp files created in my folder with .bak extensions. How can I make them hide by default in Ubuntu?  I tried adding a .hidden file with *.bak as entry in the file, but that is not working. Any help is very appreciated...
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Is there any way to have the menu items on window menus always visible? I hate the whole hide and seek thing and have searched Google and here but I'm unable to find anything on how to make them stay visible all the time.  Thanks
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How can I prevent data theft from a company?  Are there any solutions to this problem?  Is there any software that encrypts important data (.doc, .xls, etc.) and prevents it from copying?  I need a solution where employees can read/write documents but can not copy then to a USB drive or e-mail them.
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Just discovered I have gotten a FOUND.000 folder on my usb drive. I guess from running chkdsk once. It has three files in it:   FILE0000.CHK FILE0001.CHK FILE0002.CHK   What exactly can I do with these files? What are my options? Are they lost files? Are they garbage? Can I use them for anything at all? Or will I just have to delete them?
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I need to hide an NTFS partition from listing in the nautilus. How can I achieve that?   Is there any tool to do that?   And how can I hide files in ubuntu (except . operator)
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is invisible in the  section, but visible in the  section. What gives?
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I have a bootable USB drive w/Ubuntu 10.04.  I use it to learn Ubuntu and to diagnose, repair, or recover other people's computers and files.  The problem comes when I constantly have to keep re-downloading the tools I need.  Is there a way to keep the tools I downloaded and keep Ubuntu they way I customized it (i.e. wallpaper, graphic options, icons on desktop, etc.) without installing it on the PC?  I want to be able to keep everything on my USB drive.
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I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and whenever I open the file manager to see my folders, the hidden files are always displayed, I do not want to show them ... they appear alone, and it is always when I open the file manager.  How can i fix this?
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Can you help me? I want to make my flashdisk write protected. So no one can format my flashdisk because the data inside the flashdisk is important.
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I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and would like to set the Files (Nautilus) sidebar (where it shows Places, Devices, Network) to default to not being displayed.   It can be toggled on/off with F9. In preferences you can set hidden files to display or not, but there's no option to set the sidebar to not display by default.
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Say I used some thumbdrive on a public Windows computer and I copy some data to my Ubuntu computer with it. I cannot be completely sure that the Windows computer was clean, and it might have put something onto my thumbdrive. Is there a way to erase everything on a USB-Stick, even MBR viruses and that kind of off-filesystem stuff?
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I have a USB-stick (used as an installation medium). Now I need to install a driver from a restricted folder on that device). But how do I get the device path to my USB-stick (e.g. /dev/sda3 so I can mount it using the mount command?  I have read the answer to  but fdisk -l shows nothing to me.
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I was wondering how to make a file named as a flag, e.g., if I wanted to make a folder named -a, what commands would do the trick?   I tried mkdir '-a', mkdir \-a, and neither worked. I'm on Ubuntu.