Hifito is a small utility for Windows, which allows to quickly toggle the "Show hidden files" and "Hide extensions for known file types" Explorer settings. The utility is written in C using only the win32 API, so it's really fast and lightweight.

Features

  • Toggles hidden files visibility
  • Toggles file name extensions visibility
  • Allows assigning global hotkeys for toggling
  • Allows toggling the settings using the tray menu
  • Optionally informs about current state using a popup balloon notification
  • Tiny (about 50KB), written using pure Windows API

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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User Reviews

  • Very helpful to turn extensions on and off or to hide folders and documents easily.
  • Really useful tool, I just think it should be coupled in the Windows Explorer instead of being a standalone application.
  • Thanks, now it works fine :) I tried to write something like this (under .NET or WSH) after using Linux, but failed with Explorer updating like in your previous version. How about hotkey option for show/hide it on tray and running parameters for direct switching?
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Non-interactive (Daemon), Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C Desktop Environment Software, C File Managers

Registered

2012-02-18