Folder Options missing in Windows XP
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After a virus attack in one of my client machines, the folder options from the windows explorer was missing and we were unable to show all the files including the hidden ones. So here’s what I did to restore it back:
Go to Run –>gpedit.msc
User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer
Enable and then Disable “Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu”
Close all windows explorer windows and then open again.. most probably your folder options is back 
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Sheryza said:
cool site you have here. you have actually helped me on something i have been trying to figure out for a while. I am no computer wiz so i will check back periodically for help. thanks!
May 27th, 2007 at 5:57 am -
Sanix said:
Sheryza, I will be glad to help you in any IT related matter. You can ask me through email or from this site. And, *ahem ahem* this offer is for each and every of my visitor. I haven’t announced this service officially on the blog but will be announcing soon.
May 27th, 2007 at 6:03 pm -
Nomi said:
I recently had a virus attack, and according to McAfee it was a Trojan Virus.
I am not able to see the Folder Options in Windows Explorer, I tried using the above method to get them back but unfortunately it didn’t work.
When I type in gpedit.msc I get “file not found message” is there any other way to get them back?May 29th, 2007 at 8:09 pm -
Sanix said:
Hmm .. which version of windows are you using?
May 29th, 2007 at 8:14 pm -
Sanix said:
You can use the full path to the file if you are using Windows XP or 2000. Go to C:\Windows\System32\gpedit.msc where C: is your system drive.
May 29th, 2007 at 8:20 pm -
Nomi said:
I am using Windows XP Home Edition
May 29th, 2007 at 8:27 pm -
Nomi said:
I was looking at some other forums and according to them gpedit.msc is not available in XP Home. It suggests using regedit instead, but don’t know how to make the settings from there.
May 29th, 2007 at 8:31 pm -
Sanix said:
Ok .. that seems simple then .. Just go to Start –> Run –> regedit. The registry editor will open. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\ExplorerIn the right hand pane, see if there is a value called NoFolderOptions
If yes then change it’s value to 0.
1 means hide options and 0 means show options.
May 29th, 2007 at 8:57 pm -
Nomi said:
I don’t see a value “NoFolderOptions” in the right hand pane. All I see there is “(Default)” with no data value.
May 30th, 2007 at 4:02 pm -
Sanix said:
If you don’t see any NoFolderOptions then you should create a DWORD named NoFolderOptions and put 0 as it’s value. That means you’re forcing the explorer to show folder options.
May 30th, 2007 at 5:59 pm -
Nomi said:
No Luck!!! Tried the above. It is still not showing the options.
May 30th, 2007 at 8:09 pm -
Sanix said:
Did you restart the explorer after applying the tweak?
May 30th, 2007 at 8:12 pm -
Nomi said:
It Worked!! After restarting the computer. Thanks a lot.
Appreciate your help.May 31st, 2007 at 7:17 am -
Sanix said:
I’m glad that you solved your problem .. just stay in touch and keep providing feedbacks.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:51 pm -
Christopher Woods said:
My machine became infected with Brontak and although I had Sophos installed it still managed to do quite a bit of damage - thanks to you, I have my View Folder option back (I ALWAYS forget how to load the Group Policy Editor!) so many thanks to you.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:37 pm -
stvmule said:
wat a great blog you hav here! you have finaly helped me figure out something I have been fighting with for a long tym now! keep it up!
June 6th, 2007 at 11:44 am -
stvmule said:
after I was attacked by a virus when ever I start my PC windwos explorer opens up automaticaly! how do I stop this?
June 6th, 2007 at 11:49 am -
Sanix said:
You should your startup items through msconfig to see if explorer.exe is loading in startup.. To open msconfig, go to Run –> msconfig –> startup. Make sure that no explorer is loading at your system startup.
June 7th, 2007 at 11:00 pm -
Sanix said:
Christopher Woods and stvmule, glad to have you here .. just keep visiting and drop me a line or two if you have any suggestions about the blog.
June 7th, 2007 at 11:02 pm -
jatt said:
Thanks a Lot for this Nice Solution..
June 9th, 2007 at 8:21 pm -
Makarand said:
wow……..
Its really good to know faster resolution to the problem whatever faced by user.June 11th, 2007 at 11:51 am -
UMA Ka said:
sorry to say this, but still i am not able to solve it
June 13th, 2007 at 1:09 pm -
Sanix said:
Thanks jatt and Makarand, I will need some constructive feedback from you people to make this blog more effective in solving your problems.
Hey UMA Ka, can you explain your situation? What happened to you and what did you do .. so that I may be able to help you more..
June 13th, 2007 at 3:50 pm -
NoRa said:
Thanks a lot Sanix … i actually countered the same “folder option virus” ,i go thru the steps u post earlier ,it works fine and it is solved … thanks again bro … peace ^^
June 24th, 2007 at 6:45 am -
Bharath said:
Even I had the same problem of Folder options missing,…
when I try to fix the problem as u have mentioned above…
that is opening gpedit.msc my computer is getting restarted…. I am going mad.. even when I try to open the regedit.exe the same thing occurs…. Please help me out…..June 26th, 2007 at 7:00 am -
Raj said:
Thank you very much - your solution (gpedit.msc) just saved me hours of work
June 26th, 2007 at 9:40 am -
Sanix said:
Cheers Raj and NoRa, I’m so excited it helped you.
Bharath, your system is probably still infected with a virus. Please use any of the online virus scanner to scan all you system. Here is some information about some of the free online virus scanners.
http://technodigits.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/free-online-virus-scanners/June 27th, 2007 at 10:32 pm -
Bilal said:
i was in search of this article(Folder Option disapear) for the long time.one of mine friend has send me this.
it was really nice to see this.thanx alot
July 10th, 2007 at 5:02 am -
M N Iqbal said:
thanks, it really worked very well.
July 17th, 2007 at 9:13 am -
wwhwing said:
tat’s it! the site i was looking at!
July 18th, 2007 at 5:17 pm -
sachin said:
I have a peculiar problem…I am using xpsp2 and in windows explorer, folder options is visible in the tools menu. but when i click on “show hidden files and folders” in the folder options, nothing happens. none of the hidden files and folders are displayed and when i go back to folder options i see that it has been set to the “do not show hidden files” option again. I want to know how to see hidden files in the system
July 19th, 2007 at 5:36 pm -
Muhammad Abdullah said:
Sachin, have you tried Ravmon Virus Killer
July 20th, 2007 at 6:46 am -
Mansoor Ahmad said:
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July 26th, 2007 at 9:31 am -
Drak said:
i got problem with it….its because of this virus “Trixcu.A”
It disables the following functions:
- Find of the Start menu.
- Folder options of the Start menu.
- the Task Manager.
- the Windows Registry Editor.
- the CMD shell.
# It hides the extensions of the files, and the files and subfolders that have the attribute hidden, in order to go unnoticed.
# It turns the computer off once it has carried out all the changes in the system, by running the following command:
shutdown.exe -s -f -t 1August 6th, 2007 at 2:45 am -
Punit Thacker said:
Thanx a lot
August 6th, 2007 at 11:54 am -
Joe said:
Hi guys, have been surfing several hours about the tweaks on folder options, you’re among the few sites to actually hold people’s hands step by step. Keep trucking!
August 7th, 2007 at 3:16 am -
Cache said:
I was really worried about solving the prob of folder options getting vanished. Thanks man u hav the answer!!!
August 9th, 2007 at 9:53 am -
alvis said:
i got the nofolderoption but i set to 0 should i restart pc after i do that??
August 9th, 2007 at 4:41 pm -
rusty said:
Wow…u guys are lifesavers…Thanks for tips & tools…
As for Drak..I too had the same problems with the virus/worm “Trixcu.A” but i manages to detected it early and use Autoruns and process explorer to disable/kill the virus at the startup process…after that I use Ravmon virus killer patch to restore my setting to the original. Or u can try manual editing (refer to http://edubase.com.my/v1/trixcu.a-worm.html).
Good luck!
August 11th, 2007 at 10:56 am -
Sameera said:
My Folder Option Is Missing. Please tell me how can recover in task bar
August 16th, 2007 at 7:49 am -
abee said:
Sir,
I am using Winxp prof. and i think i am lucky to see ur site today. i have been attacked with new folder.exe and as i have gone through ur site..u instructed to use RUN command! but in my system if i type anything on my RUN command box..like regedit..it opens in NOTEPAD!! what to do?? in my another system with winXP..the RUN command is missing! i think it is premature to say anything now as i have just downloaded all available tools frm ur site! THANKS IN ADVANCE. I will reply if i resolve all problems i am facing. Thank you.August 16th, 2007 at 2:48 pm -
arab said:
thanx alote!! i have a virus in my computer its root all of my files and dont know what is the “Thumbs” anyone know it ? its from the damn virus i have
August 16th, 2007 at 5:35 pm -
abee said:
Sir,
I am using Winxp prof. and i downloaded and installed the tools provided by you.i have been attacked with new folder.exe and as i have gone through ur site..u instructed to use RUN ! but in my system if i type anything on my RUN command box..like regedit..it opens in NOTEPAD!! what to do?? in my another system with winXP..the RUN command is missing! i dont know what to do now! please help me.August 17th, 2007 at 2:57 pm -
R.G. said:
Thank you Sir, My problem is solved.
August 18th, 2007 at 10:46 am -
Syafi Mohd said:
My computer Window XP
The problem is some spum or program was installed automatically without demand in my computer when I surf internet. I dont want accept this program . The program is “Ptrotected your computer from virus”.I remove
it from Remove And Add Program in control panel, but at “time toolbar” down right side screen some of this program still on to appear every minutes. Let say is
” Your computer in risk infected from virus……..”how to remove it from this windows bar
Thank You for your help this
August 21st, 2007 at 9:12 am -
Hamman said:
Hi, I wrote a tutorial on removing the LSASS worm, one of its strands does have a “New folder.exe” launch file. Here’s the tutorial, maybe it will help: http://ittutor.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/cleaning-the-lsass-worm-part-2/
August 27th, 2007 at 3:15 pm -
Silentscream said:
Nice blog u got here dude!! Will contact ya if got any problem!
August 28th, 2007 at 8:24 am -
Silentscream said:
But guess what, I couldn’t solve my problem. I repeated steps above several times but still my folder options is missing.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:50 am -
Rajesh said:
i got a problem recently missing folder options in widows tools menu and control panel. i downloaded Ravmon virus removal tool and run that tool after reboot that system folder option is appeard int tools menu. but it didnt show the hidden files when i put check the show all files option. and i was tried to do above u have said i go to run and type gpedit . but immediatly system will be reboot automaticall. please find the solution my problem.
September 1st, 2007 at 10:17 am -
Afzal said:
AVG has healed the sohanad worm and i was very happy about, but now when i start my system it shows ssvichost.exe file is missing, pls can you help me to get rid with this.
September 1st, 2007 at 8:54 pm -
xloader said:
thanks for the solution..you really save me a lot of time
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:16 pm -
Arun said:
it really really helped me
thanks
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm -
Himanshu said:
Hi,
In my display settings menu from desktop. only themes menu is coming and all other tabs are not appearing.
Please help me out to solve this problem.September 3rd, 2007 at 2:31 pm -
Max019 said:
This video will help you definitely
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/807588/folder_option_missing/
plz rate it 5 if it really helps you…September 7th, 2007 at 6:45 pm -
B Farooq said:
hello mate i am wondering if u can help me i had virus which jamed my screen for few mintues every time i logged to intranet and that is like bill call MBS Billing, showing i owe them money, like scamp, tried avg,norton antivirus, ad-aware2007 seems does nt working any solution
September 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm -
Muhammad Abdullah said:
B farooq scan your system with hijackthis and send me the log file on my gmail you can see my email address on the info page
September 11th, 2007 at 10:15 am -
chandan rout said:
HI ,
my gpedit.msc is not running in run and also i tried the registry method but my explorer folder is missing in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/….September 15th, 2007 at 7:23 pm -
ahmed said:
thanks a lot your tips help me a lot, basically iam a hardware engineer if u have any new tips or new ideas
please send me…………….
thanks a lot for helping the people………………..September 19th, 2007 at 2:17 pm -
missing folder option winxp said:
my problame winxp folder option,run missing sowl this problems, i see
September 21st, 2007 at 11:41 am -
Rama said:
I am a WnxXP user. I whole heartedly apreciate you guys’ efforts in making others lives easy through this site and blog. I could enable “Task Manager” and “Regedit” based on your guidance. But I still cannot run “gpedit.msc”. Please help.
September 29th, 2007 at 4:28 pm -
Rama said:
I run Ravmon Removal tool but it seems my comp is not infected with Ravmon virus. Since I am not able to run “gpedit.msc”, please suggest another way to restore “Folder Options” in my COntrol Panel.
September 29th, 2007 at 4:37 pm -
ramn said:
ya tht method work
nd work in first time
thnx for thtSeptember 30th, 2007 at 11:03 pm -
czarina1 said:
I thought I was going bloody mental trying to find this damn folder. Thank you SO much. It worked first time- and I actually understood the instruction- unlike every other website- including the USELESS windows help page.
Thank you.October 1st, 2007 at 11:26 am -
Jay De Guzman said:
Thanks for the assitance. All is well again with my desktop computer. It’s a pity that Microsoft does not have stuff like this in the Windows Xp Help.
Keep it up!
~ Carpe Diem ~
October 4th, 2007 at 7:24 pm -
Galib said:
Thanks for your tips regarding the folder option missing. It was great help. you are great! Thanks once again.
October 5th, 2007 at 12:05 am -
Alfonso Olvera said:
The folder option missing solution is very effective. Thank You.
October 5th, 2007 at 9:54 pm -
pranshu said:
hey thanks man….really helpful advice
October 14th, 2007 at 4:16 pm -
Ali said:
Thank u very much for that
October 17th, 2007 at 3:36 pm -
Umer said:
i am very thank full to this site coz my issue is resolved which created a head ache to me few weeks this trick works for folder option
October 19th, 2007 at 10:24 am -
murali krishna said:
Thanks alot for ur help actually its bugging me so much
once again thanking uOctober 19th, 2007 at 9:57 pm -
aryan said:
thx man
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm -
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thank you
November 11th, 2007 at 8:51 pm -
us-experts.com said:
The folder option missing solution is very effective. !!Thank You
November 11th, 2007 at 9:45 pm -
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The folder option missing solution is very effective
November 12th, 2007 at 12:02 am -
tigerCRO said:
many,many,many thanx for this solution sanix,finally its working.tried 2-3 days a go but it didnt work, now 100% effective.will spread word about you here,thanx again.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:19 pm -
Junaid said:
uppiee……thankz a lot for such a great solution. My folder option is back……..uppie……..thankz once again for such a great solution. Its so simple and easy……..wowwww
November 14th, 2007 at 1:01 pm -
Stoink said:
i follow the method of typing regedit in run. but it says regedit has been disabled by my administrator. wat should i do?
November 15th, 2007 at 2:04 pm -
ratheesh said:
dear sanix,
my pc is Winods XP prof 2002, now folder options is missing, i have my cv and all in that hidden folder, before i was using norton, but our sys admin came and installed Mcafee, please help me to get back the files or the folder options, please reply me
November 18th, 2007 at 12:35 am -
ratheesh said:
dear i used the following path C:\Windows\System32\gpedit.msc
but i couldint find the files, and also i opnd a guest user in my PC, there folderoption is working….
please reply meNovember 18th, 2007 at 11:35 pm -
Dhanuka said:
Thanks
its workingNovember 24th, 2007 at 9:01 am -
Srii said:
i have a problem with my folder options
actually i’m getting the folder options in my tools menu but the problem is even when i enable the “show hidden files and folders ” option it is not showing the hidden files and by default it is taking “do not show hidden files or folders” how can i get rid of this problem… help me pleaseNovember 27th, 2007 at 6:43 pm -
Srii said:
every time when i restart my system i’m getting a message that “C:\windows\system32\SSVICHOST.exe not found”.. how to recover from this problem.. can you explain me indetail….
thanks in advance.. coz some of my problems were solved by studying the above posts….
November 27th, 2007 at 6:48 pm -
Srii said:
hard drives auto play was disabled in my system and when i double click on any of my hard drives open with window is appearing……… how to solve this problem
November 27th, 2007 at 6:51 pm -
Naveen said:
Its really very-2 helpful……………
certainly value addition……………
will always consult for the problems………..December 1st, 2007 at 12:43 am -
Nick said:
RE Folder Options not displayed in Windows Explorer.
I have the problem described in earlier , May of this year, postings. gpedit is not available on my Win XP Home.
Looking for :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer as described by Sania May 29,Under “policies” There are “NonEnum”, “Rating”, and ‘System”. Not “Explorer”. This is true of my other desktop and my laptop. Also none of them have gpedit.
Nevertheless, the one desktop has Folder Options displayed in a window to the left which is quite convenient..
Any help will be appreciated as I like that Folder Option function for quickly burning CDs
Thanx
Nick
December 7th, 2007 at 10:59 am -
Towhid said:
How can i Guard ” ravmon , brontok” from my computer.plz help me …………..
December 8th, 2007 at 5:03 pm -
Nick said:
I don’t believe I have Brontok. Regedit works fine and the files involved are not present. still need help
December 10th, 2007 at 9:24 pm -
tct said:
Great job sanix, it’s a truly and sophisticate guide that you posted here. Many thx to you…
December 11th, 2007 at 2:09 pm -
Humair said:
Nice support, and removal tool of Ramon is superb. Thanks for proper guidance.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:41 pm -
Lukman Hakkim said:
Hai,
My system has been infected by virus Hacked by godzilla. When i click on hard drive it is not opening. Only its open when i right click and explore it.
can u give some suggestions.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:04 pm -
Saman said:
Thanks man.
I’ve got this virus and i tried several diffrent antivirus and virus removal tools on it. nothing worked.
untill i browsed to this page and read your little tip.
Thanks again fo the help.December 18th, 2007 at 4:13 pm -
Saim Baig said:
Thanks man.You made my day.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:55 pm -
elaganesan said:
Dear Sir,.
I have a problem with my folder options actually…. I’m getting the folder options in my tools menu but the problem is even when i enable the “show hidden files and folders ” option it is not showing the hidden files and by default it is taking “do not show hidden files or folders” how can i recover this problem…
i’m using windows xp pro with service pack 2.
before u mention all solutions i do it. but still my folder option not work………..help me pleaseDecember 28th, 2007 at 7:31 pm -
elaganesan said:
Dear Sir,.
I have a problem with my folder options actually…. I’m getting the folder options in my tools menu but the problem is even when i enable the “show hidden files and folders ” option it is not showing the hidden files and by default it is taking “do not show hidden files or folders” how can i recover this problem…
i’m using windows xp pro with service pack 2.
before u mention all solutions i do it. but still my folder option not work………..help me pleaseDecember 28th, 2007 at 7:34 pm -
raju said:
i am using bolgspot. with google adsense, i don’t know how paste the code in to the sites.. please help me .
December 29th, 2007 at 4:18 pm -
along said:
Quote
Nick, on December 7th, 2007 at 10:59 am Said:
RE Folder Options not displayed in Windows Explorer.I have the problem described in earlier , May of this year, postings. gpedit is not available on my Win XP Home.
Looking for :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer as described by Sania May 29,Under “policies” There are “NonEnum”, “Rating”, and ‘System”. Not “Explorer”. This is true of my other desktop and my laptop. Also none of them have gpedit.
Nevertheless, the one desktop has Folder Options displayed in a window to the left which is quite convenient..
Any help will be appreciated as I like that Folder Option function for quickly burning CDs
Thanx
Nick
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i got same problem with this guy. please someone help us.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:42 pm -
razeen said:
cool
January 6th, 2008 at 9:30 am -
Khris said:
Hi…I’m on the job training currently, and my boss requested me to connect his brand new laptop to the network that the office has through a WAP. There were two of laptops that is already connected and they work fine(It’s me who also connect it to the Network, also through WAP). Yeah, this brand new laptop that I am currently connecting got its connection(atlast)but when navigating VIEW WOKGROUP COMPUTERS, I always get a message that says I am not allowed to blah…blah…blah..Contact your administrator and blah blah blah(I don’t really memorize the message but I know you do understand me, right). I tried to ping the other computer on the wired network and I got a reply.But pinging my own IP, whow it says request time out? Can you help me figuring out the problem of it?Is it the firewalls(defender,Windows and antivirus+firewall) or the unit itself?I uninstalled the defender and turned off windows firewall but still, it didn’t work…
January 11th, 2008 at 6:57 am -
Kali das said:
Hy all..! i have a problem . i cant open my folder option can any 1 help me to sloved out this? I have also a prob 2 that is when i type regedit then says my addminstetor didnt give any permission to open it . i am useing service pack2 winxp profeesonal. Helo me please…..
January 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am -
vadivelan said:
i require to recover folder options
January 15th, 2008 at 3:47 pm -
Amith said:
the best solution fer this problem is to export this folder from reg edit of one of ur frens pc an import it to the regedit of ur pc.. here’s the path of the folder u’l need to transfer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALLJanuary 17th, 2008 at 8:25 pm -
Amith said:
the best solution fer this problem is to export this folder from reg edit of one of ur frens pc an import it to the regedit of ur pc.. here’s the path of the folder u’l need to transfer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALLJanuary 17th, 2008 at 8:26 pm -
srinivas said:
really a gud solution and it worked out
January 18th, 2008 at 9:58 am -
ASWIN said:
well guys, it’s great that you have a great attitude to help others.
I have a problem with my desktop. Iam using xp sp2 . From last 7 days all my folders turned to read only mode. Even if i change manually by unmarking it , it once again goes to readonly mode. please help me . iam vexed with this.
January 19th, 2008 at 7:58 pm -
amar said:
bro sanix,thank you for the big help i really really apreciate it so much.now i can fix my pc. more power and god bless.Ü
January 21st, 2008 at 5:36 pm -
pete said:
Thx guys u all r real whizzids. added ur site 2 ma favorites straight up!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:11 am -
pete said:
Please sanix how do i get rid of this “cannot find C/recycled/SCVHOST.exe” message. i get it at every startup. thx!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:32 am -
iamme said:
you helped me a lot! thanks!
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm -
Dennis said:
Great site, I have been able to restore folder options on my system. However, I can’t find my “Run” in start menu, pls help me on this. Thanks.
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pm -
Dennis said:
Also, I can’t t Internet Explorer Home page. Pls help me on this. Thanks.
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm -
Dennis said:
Also, I can’t set Internet Explorer Home page. Pls help me on this. Thanks.
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm -
Dennis said:
Also, I can’t access System Restore on my system. Pls help me with all these. Thanks.
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm -
SAlam said:
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank alooooooot
February 6th, 2008 at 2:53 am -
John said:
Thanx a lot
February 6th, 2008 at 12:56 pm -
Ali said:
wow! great, thanks a lot for the solution
February 27th, 2008 at 9:46 pm -
Ridz said:
hey
I just recently had a virus attack too it was some worm thing and since then, i have not been able to see the Folder Options in Windows Explorer. I tried hte gpedit.msc method but the file could not be found, so then i used the regedit method, however i am getting an error message that registry editing has been disabled by your administrator. This is not possible because i am the only user of this computer. I dnt kno what to do?? plz help!! Is there any way i can get it back?? it has been gone ever since the virus attack. thank u for your help!March 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 pm -
Sanix said:
Ridz, thanks for the comment. Please download our smart antivirus from our downloads sections and restore all your Windows settings.
http://technize.com/antivirus-tools/
Select Smart_AV.exe to download the software. Install and use. Do tell us about your experiences afterwards.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm -
Aniruddha said:
thanks for the original solution…
March 4th, 2008 at 8:17 am -
Ridz said:
hey!
it worked!! Thank you SO much! everything is restored and is working properly! is there a way i can get rid of the virus/virus’s that are on my computer??March 7th, 2008 at 1:52 am -
Sanix said:
Glad to hear from you Ridz .. you can use an online virus scanner to get rid of the viruses in your pc. Please select one virus scanner from the list and scan you PC for viruses.
http://technize.com/2007/06/27/free-online-virus-scanners/Do tell us about the results.
March 7th, 2008 at 2:30 pm -
C.J said:
Hei, Sanix… i had the same problem as Ridz… thanks to your advice i managed to solve it… thanks a lot man… take care..
March 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pm -
Sanix said:
you welcome C.J. :-).. keep in touch. Do tell me if you have any problems .. we can always solve the problems as a team..
March 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm -
prashanth said:
Thanks for your support in solving the missing folder option problem. I have another problem after an virus attack the search service is not not working in win xp sp2 what is the solution to this is problem
March 18th, 2008 at 10:21 pm -
chepie said:
help me please….
I have a problem with my folder options I’m getting the folder options in my tools menu but the problem is even when i enable the “show hidden files and folders ” option it is not showing the hidden files and by default it is taking “do not show hidden files or folders” how can i solve this problem…
i’m using windows xp pro with service pack 2.i’m waiting for respond thanks a lot…..
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm -
farshid said:
Hi. Thanks a lot! your guiding solved my folder option problem. But I dont know either the virus has been removed or not. Thanks again.
Bye.April 12th, 2008 at 3:39 pm -
Roch said:
Hi! I have the same problem as NOMI and I’ve followed the steps that you’ve given Nomi: Start –> Run –> regedit. The registry editor will open. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer.
I followed your instructions, but it didn’t work for my computer.Then I tried Go to Run –>gpedit.msc
User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer
Enable and then Disable “Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu”BUT there’s NO “Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu”
What will I do? Help me please…Thank you.April 12th, 2008 at 11:49 pm -
phani said:
hi this is phani my problem is my folder options is missing as u said above i have tried and its working but there is another problem for me the files or not yet showing me and even my task manager is missing
April 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am -
nice said:
thanks Alot,
You really helped me
please accept my Regards,
April 18th, 2008 at 3:06 am -
sajth said:
superbbbb..can i get some more tips like this.mail me to slaymort@gmail.com
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 am -
paige said:
hey sanix,
dis post is really old, but thanx dude, you totally helped me, i was major freaking out,
thanx again!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm -
Adisa1 said:
I viewed your recommendations concerning Folder Options missing in Windows XP but have not been successful in returning the Folder Options window to the explorer Tool Menu. My problem began during an uninstall of Quicken 2008. The last step of the install process is DELETE THE QUICKEN SHARED FOLDERS. To do this I need to “Show hidden files and folders”. Can you help me?
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm -
marguera said:
Hey Man thanks for the POST.. really good. i finally solved this problem with the Folder Options
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm -
Ridz said:
hey!
ok this isnt related to the folder options but i wanted to know how i can make my computer faster. its been really slow but i thought it mitve have been because i didnt have much memory left. but then i moved all my picturs, music, movies to a separate hard disk which freed up 54% of my C drive. also i got my ram memory upgraded to 1 gb [b4 it was 512 mb]. however, my computer is stil very slow. i defrag it about once a week or eveery 2 weeks and also every few days i delete my temp internet files and cookies. however it is still quite slow. what can i do without formattting my computer? plz help! thank uMay 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 pm -
Fazlee said:
Thanx a lot sanix!! it really works for my pc!!
May 11th, 2008 at 10:07 am -
Renee Wong said:
Thank you so….much-Helplessly devoted to technize.com!
May 12th, 2008 at 10:17 pm -
Sergio said:
Hi, i have read your posts on how to fix the menu bar missing and tried the gpedit but it did not work, i have restarted the machine and still nothing. The problem i have is this:
Windows Explorer - working fine
Taskbar - working fine
Quicklaunch - working fine
Folders - nightmare!In the folders (all of them), there is no menu bar at the top (incase ive not called it by its right name, i mean the bit with FILE, EDIT, VIEW, etc in in), its there if i use windows explorer to view my machine but not if say i click on my computer, or a shortcut to any folder.
Any thoughts ?
May 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm -
eniv said:
thank you so much for your site….finally my folder options is back hurray!
May 18th, 2008 at 6:12 pm -
emman said:
hey i have a quiry can you help me with my problem?
cant find my folder option?
when i try the answer above a window will pop up telling me that “registry iditing has been disabled by administrator”
i already scan my pc with kaspersky unti-virus but still the result is the same.. please help me.. many thanks
May 19th, 2008 at 12:21 pm -
Sanix said:
emman, please download our smart-antivirus from the following link and restore all your Windows defaults. It will re-enable your Registry Editor, Task Manager, Folder Options etc. Please also tell us your experience if you were successfully able to solve your problem or not. Thanks.
http://www.technize.com/2008/01/22/smart-anti-virus/May 19th, 2008 at 12:27 pm -
emman said:
hey.. thanks for the quick reply..
thanks you help me alot
my folder options now is back
till next time..
thanks again
GOD bless
May 20th, 2008 at 5:41 am -
Jose said:
Thanks, now I figured out how to solve this problems, after bunch of tries with other this.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:15 pm -
Helena said:
Now guys.. I must say: 3 days of surfing the net, 4 hours per day past midnight, after long day at work trying to find a solution to hidden folder after virus infection. Then read your thread. Didn’t know I could create my own registry key…. You ENLIGTHENED ME… really well done…. THANKS A MILLION, MILLION, MILLION TIME… Men, you are serious guys, be blessed.. now can go manually I deleted the bastard vrus which self re-install itself, no matter how many time anti-virus whipped it… BY the way:download (free version) of multiple anti-virus and spyware remover… run them all: they pick different stuff!!!
Ta
HelenaMay 28th, 2008 at 8:27 pm -
emman said:
Question.. if my folder option is missing, it means my computer has a virus? is that right?
May 29th, 2008 at 5:59 am -
Sanix said:
emman, thanks for asking. Missing folder options does not mean that your system has a virus. It can also be disabled administratively. But if your PC is a home pc, then it’s almost sure that some type of virus has been playing with your system. Besides recovering folder options, you should scan for viruses in this case.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:37 am -
emman said:
ah okie thanks..
if its disabled administratively how can i enable it?
one more
what if my folder option is missing and when i try to click ctrl+alt+delete this message will pop up “registry editing has been disabled by administrator” is that means my laptop is having a virus?
thanks for answering my questions (^_^)
May 30th, 2008 at 6:16 am -
Sanix said:
emman, Folder options can be administratively disabled by doing the following:
Go to Start –> Run –> gpedit.msc
This will open group policy editor. Go to the following key:
User Configuration –> Administrative templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer.
In the right hand pane select “Removes the Folder Options menu from the tools menu”
Enable it or disable it from there.
emman, if you need a good antivirus, please see my following post where you can get 6 months trial of Kaspersky internet security. Enjoy
http://www.technize.com/2008/05/22/bit-defender-antivirus-2008-and-kaspersky-internet-security-6-months-trials/May 30th, 2008 at 11:48 pm -
emman said:
wow!!!
thanks for your help.. ^_^
till next tym
GOD bless you
thanks again
May 31st, 2008 at 5:10 am -
pea said:
Hi Sanix,
I’m using WindowsXP home and I’m facing the same problem as Ridz. I can’t seem to download Smart_AV.exe from the site too
Would greatly appreciate it if you could help! Thanks.June 8th, 2008 at 9:06 pm -
Maryam said:
Can’t thank you enough Sanix.. I finally got my folder options back.. thanks again
June 12th, 2008 at 9:43 am -
scotch said:
If you don’t see any NoFolderOptions then you should create a DWORD named NoFolderOptions and put 0 as it’s value. That means you’re forcing the explorer to show folder options.
Comment by Nomi on May 30, 2007 @ 8:09 pmIT ACTUALLY WORKS lol
June 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm -
Kamlesh said:
Thanks. i got gpedit.msc and registry solution by your site. and i got actual relief in my work.
Thanx Again
Kamlesh
June 20th, 2008 at 10:00 am -
Merlo said:
This Procedure works for me:
Run –>gpedit.msc
Go to these specified items on the left then collapse:
User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer (Open here)
Double-click “Removes Folder options menu from Tools menu”
Check “Disable” (IF “Not configured” is default)
If it doesn’t work still, try to restart the system.
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm -
Rajanikanthv said:
hi
thanksJuly 9th, 2008 at 3:38 pm -
Sikander said:
got problem with it….its because of this virus “Trixcu.A”
It disables the following functions:
- Find of the Start menu.
- Folder options of the Start menu.
- the Task Manager.
- the Windows Registry Editor.
- the CMD shell.
# It hides the extensions of the files, and the files and subfolders that have the attribute hidden, in order to go unnoticed.
# It turns the computer off once it has carried out all the changes in the system, by running the following command:
shutdown.exe -s -f -t 1sikander.ali@gmail.com please sned me solution on my mail addres
August 6th, 2008 at 2:29 pm -
Sikander Soomro said:
I have a problem with my folder options I’m getting the folder options in my tools menu but the problem is even when i enable the “show hidden files and folders ” option it is not showing the hidden files and by default it is taking “do not show hidden files or folders” how can i solve this problem…
i’m using windows xp pro with service pack 2.i’m waiting for respond thanks a lot…..
August 6th, 2008 at 2:37 pm -
geniv said:
Great post. This is very useful because i have the same problem.
August 17th, 2008 at 6:33 am -
rohit] said:
i hv problem yet after all
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:48 am -
rohit kumar said:
some one plz help me for openning folder option.
it is not open using all above helpSeptember 22nd, 2008 at 4:53 am -
gangmei said:
Wow! this is simply great and very helpful. It work perfect in my pc. Thank you very very much.
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm -
kakho said:
i dun know y suddenly my folder option missing ……i go find from control panel or any folder tools…also cant find it…..
October 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm -
BLACKAPP said:
its really good stuff ..
everything is usefull n compact in size ..October 12th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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