How to unhide hidden folders on a flash: Sometimes after cleaning your flash or when you plug in your flash

on a virus infected computer, you will find out that all your files and folders may appear like they have disappeared and all you can see are shortcuts. Here is how you can resolve the mystery. On command prompt enter the following command:
attrib e:\*.* /d /s -h -r s NB. Assumption is that your flash is drive E: Where /d processes folders /s processes matching files and all subfolders -h clears hidden file attribute -r clears read only file attribute -s clears system file attribute