How to Unhide Folder Options in Windows Explorer

 Windows Vista, Windows XP  Add comments
Jan 062009
 

Sometimes folder options in your PC may get disabled by some virus and after removing the virus, you can not use folder options
This tutorial will explain how to unhide ‘Folder Options’(Make sure virus already removed & cleaned)

Method 1

Go to start—>Run type regedit and hit enter

Find any of the following keys:

User Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ Explorer

System Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\ Explorer

Value Name: NoFolderOptions

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: 0 = show options, 1 = hide options

Method 2

Go to Start—>Run—> type gpedit.msc and hit enter

Select : User Configuration>>Administrative Templates>>Windows Components>>Windows Explorer

Select : Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu.

Right click on it & select >>Properties>> Disable>>Apply

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  5 Responses to “How to Unhide Folder Options in Windows Explorer”

  1. Negaritta says:
    March 28, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    wow it really worked :) thank you soooo very much.

    Reply
  2. shekhar says:
    April 11, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    hi …………….

    Thx…………………….

    Reply
  3. Siridion says:
    May 23, 2009 at 8:49 am

    I hope that this post will help to me!

    Reply
  4. Krabi says:
    October 1, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Really helpful and I got it simply. Thanks for sharing this useful idea.

    Reply
  5. Dev says:
    December 4, 2010 at 8:06 am

    hey man – you made my life easy.

    Reply

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