How to hide the folders and files?

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Hi

I just began using Directory Opus and it's a great program. I have it set to Explorer view. My question is how do I hide some folders and files that are shown like thumbs.db, boot.ini etc (shown in red). I know that those files are very important and don't want to make mistake and accidentally delete any of those files.

Thanks for the answer.

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Please start with the FAQ written on Folder Formats and reply back if you still have questions...

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Hm didn't really get it. So which option would be usefull to me to hide those folders?

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You can toggle the hiding of a specific folder with a button command like this:

Set HIDEFILTERFOLDERS="Folder name to hide"

and do the same for a specific file with this one:

Set HIDEFILTERFILENAME Thumbs.db

That's just the raw basics, but it should get you started.

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Sorry... kneejerk response. It's important info to be familiar with when you want to cuztomize the appearance of your Opus listers, but doesn't directly answer your question... :wink:

For what you're asking about, you might want to enable the following option under Settings->Preferences:

Folders->Options->Hide protected operating system files (overrides Folder Options settings)

The files that appear as an opaque 'red' color are 'system' files... this option globally hides them.

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[quote="steje"]Sorry... kneejerk response. It's important info to be familiar with when you want to cuztomize the appearance of your Opus listers, but doesn't directly answer your question... :wink:

For what you're asking about, you might want to enable the following option under Settings->Preferences:

Folders->Options->Hide protected operating system files (overrides Folder Options settings)

The files that appear as an opaque 'red' color are 'system' files... this option globally hides them.[/quote]

Thanx. That's the one I was looking for.