CMD: How do I recursively remove the "Hidden"-Attribute of files and directories

Question

I can't find a command or simple batch of commands to recursively remove the "Hidden"-Attribute from files and directories. All commands like "attrib" and "for" seem to skip hidden files. E.g.:

attrib -H /S /D /L mydir

doesn't do anything at all, because it skips all hidden stuff. Does someone know how to do this with standard Windows tools?

Answer 1

You can't remove hidden without also removing system.

You want:

cd mydir
attrib -H -S /D /S

That will remove the hidden and system attributes from all the files/folders inside of your current directory.

Answer 2

Move the -h and specify that mydir is a directory

attrib /S /D /L -H mydir\*.*

Answer 3

if you wanna remove attributes for all files in all folders on whole flash drive do this:

attrib -r -s -h /S /D

this command will remove attrubutes for all files folders and subfolders:

-read only -system file -is hidden -Processes matching files and all subfolders. -Processes folders as well

Answer 4

To launch command prompt in administrator mode

1. Type cmd in Search and hold Crtl+Shift to open in administrator mode
2. Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d "location of the drive letter:" \*.*