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3) click the 2nd tab, "View" 4) click the radio button "Show all files" 5) uncheck the box "Hide file extensions for known file types" 6) click the "Apply" button in the lower right corner 7) click the top button "Like Current Folder" so these changes apply to ALL folders on your computer 8) click the "OK" button on the botton to close the window 9) once again, this is for win98 |

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3) click the 2nd tab, "View" 4) click the radio button "Show hidden files and folders" 5) uncheck the box "Hide file extensions for known file types" 6) uncheck the box "Hide protected operating system files" 7) agree to the warning that dire consequences might happen 8) click the "Apply" button in the lower right corner 9) click the top button "Like Current Folder" so these changes apply to ALL folders on your computer 10) click the "OK" button on the botton to close the window 11) once again, this is for win2000 |

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3) click the 2nd tab, "View" 4) click the radio button "Show all files" 5) uncheck the box "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered" 6) click the "Apply" button in the lower right corner 7) check the box "Display the full MS-DOS path in title bar". Well, you don't have to, but it is nice to turn on. 8) click the "OK" button on the botton to close the window 9) once again, this is for win95 |

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3) click the 2nd tab, "View" 4) click the radio button "Show all files" 5) uncheck the box "Hide file extensions for known file types" 6) click the "Apply" button in the lower right corner 7) check the box "Display the full path in title bar". Well, you don't have to, but it is nice to turn on. 8) click the "OK" button on the botton to close the window 9) once again, this is for NT4 |

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3) click the 2nd tab, "View" 4) click the radio button "Show hidden files and folders" 5) uncheck the box "Hide file extensions for known file types" 6) uncheck the box "Hide protected operating system files" 7) agree to the warning that dire consequences might happen 8) click the "Apply" button in the lower right corner 9) click the top button "Like Current Folder" so these changes apply to ALL folders on your computer 10) click the "OK" button on the botton to close the window 11) once again, this is for winME |

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3) click the 2nd tab, "View" 4) click the radio button "Show hidden files and folders" 5) uncheck the box "Hide file extensions for known file types" 6) uncheck the box "Hide protected operating system files" 7) agree to the warning that dire consequences might happen - see below 8) check the box "Do not cache thumbnails" 8a) this prevents XP from creating those useless thumbs.db files everywhere 9) for good meausre, check the box "Display the contents of system folders" 10) click the "Apply" button in the lower right corner 11) click the top button "Apply to All Folders" so these changes apply to ALL folders on your computer 12) click the "OK" button on the botton to close the window 13) once again, this is for winXP |

