why are files hidden?

[150d]

Hi,

I'm also using BC to copy files between disks when making backups. Often, when I copy a whole folder to the other side BC reports "hidden files" - only I don't know why they should be hidden in the first place:

- Session Settings/Name filters is blank (only contains asterisks on include)
- Session Settings/Other filters is blank
- Session Settings/Other filters/Exclude system files is UNchecked

After making these selections, I pressed F5 to refresh. Yet BC still treats some files as hidden. What can be reasons for this?

Regards

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you enable Suppress Filters (toggle on toolbar or in the View menu), which files show up in Teal?

Which Display Filter do you have set, like Show Differences, and selecting a folder which contains equal files?

[150d]

Hi,

thank you, that was the answer right there:

If you don't show "All", but "Diffs" or "Same", that is a "filter".

So what happened was that the files shown as "hidden" had simply been copied already in a previous run. Since I was in "Diffs" mode, they were masked out.

I hadn't realized that. Thanks for the hint!

Regards

[Aaron]

No problem. The warning dialog's general rule is if you are interacting with something that is also not current set to show everything, we'll add prompts or warning text.