From the Properties window, you can change the read-only, hidden, archive, and indexing atributes of the file.
Archive (A)Read Only (R)Hidden (H)System (S)
The ATTRIB command displays or changes the read-only, archive, system, and hidden attributes assigned to files
A - Archive R - Read Only S - System H - Hidden
I have only been able to find the answer to the second part of the question, and that is: Indexing only applies to Vista. A=archive H=hidden R=read only S=system and N means that the file is not indexed
Hidden archive and Read-only
hidden file (H), read-only(R), archive file (A), index file (which is only in vista), System file (s)
All files, DOS, or Windows have attributes. Files can be Hidden, System, Read-Only, Archive, or any combination of them. For example, there are some important windows files that are hidden, read-only, and system. On a windows operating system, you can right-click the file, and choose properties from the menu. At the bottom, you should see the attributies of a file. In DOS ( only because you brought it up ) you would need to be in the directory of the the file and type "ATTRIB [filename]" to view the attributes. Type "ATTRIB /?" to read how to change the attributes.
Attirb command is used to change the attribute of any file of directory. There are following kinds of attributes in DOS:R - Read OnlyH - HiddenA - ArchiveS - SystemAmong all, Archive (A) attributes applies by default as we create any file or directory. System (S) attribute is reserved for the System Files (IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, CONFIG.SYS) of MS-DOS. We can apply Read Only or Hidden attributes to any file or directory to make it read only of hidden. The syntax is as follows:To make file Read Only: attrib +r To make file Hidden: attrib +h To remove Read Only attribute: attrib -r To remove Hidden attribute: attrib -h Similarly we can set/remove Archive (A) or System (S) attributes to file with +a/-a or +s/-s option.
If you just want to display ONE hidden folder, right click on it and go to properties. and to display all hidden folders go to Tools/Folder Options/view.
A. HiddenA. System
If you just want to display the hidden files, run following command: dir /ah this will show you all hidden files and folders.. However if you want to change the attributes permanently, use attrib command..
If you just want to display the hidden files, run following command: dir /ah this will show you all hidden files and folders.. However if you want to change the attributes permanently, use attrib command..