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After completing a fresh Windows 7 installation for a customer, a technician wants to ensure the OS files are hidden and protected from accidental deletion or alteration. Which of the following…
The correct answer is A. Control Panel -folder options. To hide and protect OS files in Windows, the technician navigates to Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab. There, the option 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' can be enabled, which prevents critical system files from being accidentally deleted or…
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After completing a fresh Windows 7 installation for a customer, a technician wants to ensure the OS files are hidden and protected from accidental deletion or alteration. Which of the following locations should the technician view to make this change?
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- AControl Panel -folder options
- BInsert Windows disc -i386 folder
- CStart menu -run - REGEDIT
- DRight-click desktop - view
How the community answered
(22 responses)- A95% (21)
- D5% (1)
Explanation
To hide and protect OS files in Windows, the technician navigates to Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab. There, the option 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' can be enabled, which prevents critical system files from being accidentally deleted or modified by users. This is a built-in Windows feature specifically designed for this purpose. The i386 folder (B) contains installation files and is not for this setting. REGEDIT (C) is for registry edits and not the appropriate tool here. Right-clicking the desktop (D) only controls icon visibility, not file protection.
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