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FP98: How to View Hidden Files and Folders in FrontPage Explorer

Article ID: 194062

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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This article was previously published under Q194062

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 197961.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 version of this article, see 178300.

SUMMARY

This article describes the steps you need to view both hidden files and folders in a Microsoft FrontPage Web.

MORE INFORMATION

To view hidden files and folders in a FrontPage Web, follow these steps:
  1. In FrontPage Explorer, click Web Settings on the Tools menu.
  2. In the FrontPage Web Settings dialog box, Click the Advanced tab.
  3. Under Options, Click the "Show documents in hidden directories" check box.
  4. Click OK.
  5. FrontPage displays a dialog box that states the following:

    The changes you have made in the Advanced Settings tab will take affect after the web is refreshed from the server.

    Do you want to refresh the web now?

  6. Click Yes to refresh the Web.

    NOTE: You can open the hidden folders in the Web and access their contents.

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