On one of my computers the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings

IS shown in WinExplorer whereas on another it is NOT.
The folder exists on both computers. I can verify it through cmdline command

dir /a

All settings in WinExplorer menu

Tools->Folder Options->View

are the same. Yes, "show hidden files and folders" is enabled.
Yes "Display content of system folders" is enabled.

But on one computer the folder does not appear in WinExplorer.

What is the reason?

Cindy

Yes, but you probably left "Hid Protected OS files" checked...

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Cindy Parker wrote:
> On one of my computers the folder
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings
>
> IS shown in WinExplorer whereas on another it is NOT.
> The folder exists on both computers. I can verify it through cmdline
> command
>
> dir /a
>
> All settings in WinExplorer menu
>
> Tools->Folder Options->View
>
> are the same. Yes, "show hidden files and folders" is enabled.
> Yes "Display content of system folders" is enabled.
>
> But on one computer the folder does not appear in WinExplorer.
>
> What is the reason?

Is the account you are logging in with a limited user account or a 
computer administrator account? 

Randem wrote:

> Yes, but you probably left "Hid Protected OS files" checked...

The %userprofile% and its subfolders and files are not OS files.

Cindy Parker wrote:

> On one of my computers the folder
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings
> 
> IS shown in WinExplorer whereas on another it is NOT.
> The folder exists on both computers. 

Perhaps you don't have permissions on that folder or its parent folder.

cypy@live.com (Cindy Parker) wrote in
news:4c2d91de$0$7659$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net: 

> On one of my computers the folder
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings
> 
> IS shown in WinExplorer whereas on another it is NOT.
> The folder exists on both computers. I can verify it through cmdline
> command 
> 
> dir /a
> 
> All settings in WinExplorer menu
> 
> Tools->Folder Options->View
> 
> are the same. Yes, "show hidden files and folders" is enabled.
> Yes "Display content of system folders" is enabled.
> 
> But on one computer the folder does not appear in WinExplorer.
> 
> What is the reason?
> 
> Cindy
> 
> 

In Windows Explorer

Tools>Folder Options>View>Show hidden files and folders

Local Settings normally are defined as "hidden" and you wouldn't see it 
unless in Explorer you change it in tools>folder options>view to "show 
hidden files".

Frank

"Cindy Parker" <cypy@live.com> wrote in message 
news:4c2d91de$0$7659$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net...
> On one of my computers the folder
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings
>
> IS shown in WinExplorer whereas on another it is NOT.
> The folder exists on both computers. I can verify it through cmdline 
> command
>
> dir /a
>
> All settings in WinExplorer menu
>
> Tools->Folder Options->View
>
> are the same. Yes, "show hidden files and folders" is enabled.
> Yes "Display content of system folders" is enabled.
>
> But on one computer the folder does not appear in WinExplorer.
>
> What is the reason?
>
> Cindy
> 

"Cindy Parker" <cypy@live.com> wrote in message =
news:4c2d91de$0$7659$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net...
> On one of my computers the folder
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings
> IS shown in WinExplorer whereas on another it is NOT.
> The folder exists on both computers. I can verify it through cmdline =
command
> dir /a
> All settings in WinExplorer menu
> Tools->Folder Options->View
> are the same. Yes, "show hidden files and folders" is enabled.
> Yes "Display content of system folders" is enabled.
> But on one computer the folder does not appear in WinExplorer.
> What is the reason?

Click "Tools", "Folder Options", "View", select "Do not show hidden =
files
and folders", click "Apply", then select "Show hidden files and folders" =
and
click "OK".  Also, "Local Settings" and "Application Data" are hidden by =

default, so if both are missing on the computer in question, the hidden=20
attribute is almost certainly involved.

Ben