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This tip works in Windows 10 Version 1709 and newer\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n This is a tip you can file under \u2013 \u201cjust so you know\u201d. You\u2019re probably not going to want to use this version of File Explorer; it\u2019s certainly not going to replace the File Explorer you\u2019re using now in Windows 10, that\u2019s for sure. But it is interesting and it\u2019s easy to do. And here\u2019s how you do it.<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to see the hidden File Explorer, just right-click on the Start button and click on “Run”. In the “Run” box copy and paste the following and click “OK” or press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n If you did everything correctly you’ll see something like this…<\/span><\/p>\n It’s a rather minimalistic File Explorer. It’s uncluttered and basic – but some people love basic. If you like it and want to use it, you\u2019ll need to create a desktop shortcut for it.\u00a0 If you want to do that, right-click on an empty area of your desktop and choose \u201cNew\u201d –> \u201cShortcut\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n In the \u201cWhat item would you like to create a shortcut for?\u201d dialog, copy and paste the following:<\/span><\/p>\n under \u201cType the location of the item\u201d. Then click \u201cNext\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, you’ll need to give your shortcut a name. I\u2019m not fancy, so I called it \u201cHidden File Explorer\u201d. You can call it Mickey or whatever your little heart desires. \u00a0When you\u2019ve named it click \u201cFinish\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n If you did all that correctly, you\u2019ll see a shortcut on your desktop with the name you gave it.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, when you click on your new shortcut, the hidden File Explorer will open.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Hidden File Explorer In Windows 10 This tip works in Windows 10 Version 1709 and newer\u00a0 This is a tip you can file under \u2013 \u201cjust so you know\u201d. You\u2019re probably not going to want to use this version of File Explorer; it\u2019s certainly not going to replace the File Explorer you\u2019re using now in\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1799,3269,1700,1718],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17053,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17050\/revisions\/17053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}explorer shell:AppsFolder\\c5e2524a-ea46-4f67-841f-6a9465d9d515_cw5n1h2txyewy!App<\/span><\/code><\/p>\n![\"Hidden](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/hidden-file-explorer.png\")
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Above: The hidden File Explorer in Windows 10 along with some customization options. Don’t forget the icons on the bottom row.<\/span><\/p>\n