使用 PowerShell 在文件夹选项中取消选中“显示隐藏文件”

Question

I'm trying to write a script that turns off Windows Explorer Folder Option "Show hidden files, folders, and drives"

I followed along with this thread: Toggle "show hidden files and folders with Powershell

The code in the top answer seems to change the registry key, but the actual Folder Option doesn't change. Hidden files remain visible as well.

Here's my code:

$Path = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name Hidden -Value 1

$Shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
# For each one of the open windows, refresh it.
$Shell.Windows() | ForEach-Object { $_.Refresh() }

I know the registry value is changing because I can check that Hidden is changing with this:

Get-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name Hidden

Answer 1

You may need to restart Explorer.exe to pick up the change.

If you add stop-process -name explorer –force to the end of your script does it then pick up the change?

Answer 2

I don't know how to do this in PowerShell, but in VBScript I use this solution I developed. The solution works on Windows 10 and 11, and with any language.

Code:

With CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    .RegWrite "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden", 1, "REG_DWORD"

    .RegWrite "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell\{#}\ExplorerCommandHandler", .RegRead( _
        "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\Shell\Windows.ShowHiddenFiles\ExplorerCommandHandler"), "REG_SZ"

    CreateObject("Shell.Application").Namespace(0).ParseName("Shell:RecycleBinFolder").InvokeVerb("{#}")

    .Run("Reg.exe Delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell\{#} /F"), 0, True
End With