Show/Hide does not seem to work correctly.

[Alanrf]

If I set the options to hide both "hidden  files and folders" and "system files and folders", I would expect that any file names/folder names with the prefix [J]or ['S'] to be hidden.  This does not seem to happen.  Why?

These  switches do not appear to have any effect.


I'm sure I saw that they were working quite recently, or did I imagine it?  Has something changed?

[Mathias (Author)]

J Attribute is Junctions (a sort of link),   System files are files with attribute S and Hidden files/folders with attribute H

[Alanrf]

Is it possible to hide those marked with a [J] or ['S']

You can't do much with them if you click on them so why show them?

Unless, of course, it is quite possible that I am missing some elementary point which at present escapes me.

[Mathias (Author)]

Junction are like folder.. That points to different location.. So the are very useful. 
Some default junction in windows is there to make the old obsolete Windows path like "C:\Document and settings" work.
"C:\Document and Settings" points to "C:\Users"   
And inside C:\Users you find lots of other Junctions and SymLinks, They are there for backward comparability.

But you can also create them your self so you can link in one folders from another places to another places.
For Example, A common scenario is when C:\ get low on space. then it is common to create a junctions or symlink from C:\Program Files\App -> D:\More Program Files\App where you moved the app.

But you can filter them out using a custom advanced view filter