Comments on: Recursively remove the hidden attribute on Windows files

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:02:19 +0000

Is there a way of filtering the type of file, such as *.xml?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:13:34 +0000

Just FYI you have to remove Hidden and System together on a file that has both. You cannot remove only the “Hidden” attribute on a file with “System” set, and vice versa:

If a file has only the attribute H then type
attrib -H

If a file has only the attribute S (don’t think this actually happens) then type
attrib -S

If the file has both S and A, you MUST use the following, neither of the above will work.
attrib -H -S

By: Daniil

Daniil — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:32:26 +0000

Thank you very much!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:39:44 +0000

attrib -H /S says “Not resetting system” file and I don’t want to change the system bit. Fun.

By: Surender

Surender — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:59:38 +0000

Oh Yes It does work.!!
Now a days everyone wants different s/w tools to do things for them.
What if they are not handy?
Only tips like these come to our rescue.
I knew about attrib command and have used it few times.
But today when I had to reset the attributes of my pendrive with numerous folder/files/subfolder; I didn’t want to use attrib on each one .
I searched for a tool iReset. Guess what it did not do!!?
It didn’t not reset the contents of the folder I fed it.

Then when I read your tip I recalled that I could have used attrib recursively.
And my work done in a jiffy.
Thanks again

By: Kleidi

Kleidi — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:36:00 +0000

Thanks. Works Perfect.
I would also suggest to do the following in order to make also the folders visible

attrib -H -S /S /D