Hidden, broken registry

[DodoKrastavac]

Hello, I believe I've recently contracted a virus.

I cannot disable "Hide protected operating system files" in explorer. I mean I can, but it does nothing and as soon as I open folder options again it just goes right back to enabled.

I've tried doing it via registry, but it's nowhere to be found. (pic for proof)

I've tried using process monitor to find out what's undoing my changes, but couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

I'm looking for any info that might help my case. Thanks for reading.

[Murasaki]

Or it could just be Explorer being explorer. Few days ago I had to use a utility that clears all settings because the poor things couldnt remember views in folders.

Since you dont have it, just make the registry key.

 

Open the command prompt (with admin privs) and just paste this in

REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v ShowSuperHidden /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Changes should apply after if not relog/restart and see if it makes a difference. Hope this helps.