Monday, August 25, 2014

Change file from being flagged as a 'system file' back to 'normal' state on windows 7


"System files" in Windows 7 are files tagged with the following two attributes:
  • Archive
  • System
"Hidden system files" in Windows 7 are files tagged with the following three attributes:
  • Archive
  • Hidden
  • System
To reset "System files", simply run the following command:
     attrib -A -S file.ext
To reset "Hidden System files", run the following:
     attrib -A -H -S file.ext