Folder Option has Vanished in Windows XP

Folder Option has Vanished in Windows XP

Hi Hopkins,

I’m sure that your system has a malware infection. Most of the malware programs are reside as hidden files. They do not want to put in an appearance. So they use a variety of techniques to be undetectable to users. If they will show up, users can remove them and their purpose of being a malware will be worthless. First thing they do is disable the Folder Option feature. Because user could anytime enable the selection for view hidden files and folders from the Folder Option and view those infectious files.

So they got that malicious code within their program source code telling to the windows registry, that Folder Option must be disabled. Then each time that malware runs on the machine will write that entry to the windows registry. So there is no use until you remove the malware from your machine using a virus guard. 

You must be responsive for these horrifying malwares and guard your system against them. So initial thing you must have to do is keeping powerful antivirus software or other kind of security software. Using those stuff you can fully scan your system and detect the malware which origins your problem.

To enable your Folder Option in the tools menu, you have to manually correct the registry as antivirus programs do not take care of the registry. It will not get back the original position of the directory (before being infected) or do not delete the registry entry which cause the malfunction.

So open the windows registry for manually correct this thing.

To open the Windows registry

Start => Run and type regedit and click OK.

Then find the below path from the left panel.

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer

On the right panel Delete the entry NoFolderOption

 If you are unable to see the NoFolderOption

Right click on the Right Panel and select New => DWORD

Name it as NoFolderOption

For Value Data field set the value to number 0

Do the same steps for below path also

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer

 So now restart your computer. And hereafter you can see your Folder Option is enabled again.