Windows 10: Remove Archive attribute from hidden files without unhiding them

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    Remove Archive attribute from hidden files without unhiding them


    I found out that about 99.9% of the files on our company shared drive have the Archive attribute set. I need to remove that attribute from all files on that drive, so that they aren't included as 'modified' files when I try to run Robocopy. I'm using the following command from an elevated command prompt:attrib -a D:\*.* /sHowever, when I run it, I get error messages on every hidden file.Not resetting hidden file - <FILEPATH>I need to remove this attribute from absolutely every file on this drive, but I also don't want to unhide all of the hidden items in order to do that. Is there a way

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    C.Simpson, Mar 15, 2023
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  2. Change file attribute to 'unhide'

    Hello Walt,

    Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

    I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the attribute of any file/folder to unhide.

    Step A: Show Hidden files

    1. Open Windows Explorer(win logo key+E) or My computer.

    2. Now click on View on top of the window.
    3. Untick ‘Hidden items’ in the options.

    Step B: Change file attribute

    1. Once the hidden file is located, right click on the file/folder you want to change the attribute for.

    2. Go to ‘properties’, untick the box facing hidden.

    3. Now, Click on ‘apply’ and then ‘ok’.

    Hope it helps.

    Thank You.
     
    Sayan_Ghosh, Mar 15, 2023
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  3. Restore hidden file attributes

    I accidentally made all files of windows to be shown (unhide using properties--> attributes). Now, if I click hide again, the system is hiding folders that are open by default (say documents vs appdata, appdata must be hidden but documents must be visible).

    Is there a way to restore the default attributes? Does system restore work?

    I am using Windows 10.

    Thanks in advance,
     
    anil316619, Mar 15, 2023
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  4. Remove Archive attribute from hidden files without unhiding them

    Restore hidden file attributes

    Thanks for the response. I did a system restore, it worked on some files (on AppData) but not on all of them.

    The cardinal sin was that I did a right click in 'users' folder, properties --> attributes --> hidden (unmark,apply) --> apply to all subfolders. When I did the counter step, it obviously hides all the previously shown files too.
     
    anil316619, Mar 15, 2023
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