Windows — Change These Two Folder View Settings Now.

It Will Make Your Life Easier!

Problem (for some…) To Be Solved

By default, Microsoft Windows is set to:

• Hide selected system folders.
• Does NOT display file extensions for known file types.

Although these defaults are not a problem for most users, it is a problem when you go looking for folders and can’t find them — for instance, Excel’s addin folder.

You may prefer to see the file extension types as well — Excel’s .xlsx and .xlsm (macro-enabled files) for example.

Let’s Change the Defaults

Here is how you change those two settings:

• Open “Windows” menu, click the “Settings” icon.

Windows 10 — Access Settings

• Search for and access “Control Panel”.

Windows 10 — Locate Control Panel

• Change View to “Large Icons” if needed

Windows 10 — Change Control Panel View

Windows 10 — Access “File Explorer Options”

• Select “File Explorer Options” — we want to change two default settings

File Explorer Options — Access View Tab

• Choose the “View” Tab

File Explorer Options — Adjust Options

Activate the following two settings:

• “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”
• Un-click (deactivate) “Hide extensions for known file types”

File Explorer Options — Adjust Options 2

• That’s it. Click “OK” and you’re set.

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