If you don’t see any hard drives, click the arrow next to “This PC” in the left panel to expand all drives. If you want to search all drives on your computer, click This PC in the left panel instead of clicking a hard drive.
If you don’t know the item’s name, try typing an asterisk and then the item’s file type/extension. For example, typing *. jpg will display all files that end with “. jpg,” which are JPEG images. If you don’t want to search for hidden files and folders, you can just browse different folders to see what was previously hidden. Anything that was hidden has a slightly grayed-out icon next to it. You can toggle “Hidden items” off and back on to make these items disappear and reappear.
If any previously hidden files or folders match what you’ve searched, they’ll appear with slightly grayed-out icons. If you don’t see your desired hidden file, folder, or other item, click This PC in the left-hand column and run your search again.
