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This script changes the state of Hidden files, if hidden files are set to show this turns them off, if hidden files are set to hide this shows them.

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# This key contains all of the profiles on the machine (including non-user profiles)
$profileList = Get-ChildItem -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList"
 
# This key contains the path to the folder that contains all the profiles (typically c:\users)
$profileFolder = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList').ProfilesDirectory
 
# This key contains the path to the default user profile (e.g. C:\Users\Default).  This is **NOT** HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT!
# We don't do anything with it in this sample script, but it can be loaded and modified just like any other profile.
$defaultFolder = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList').Default
 
# HKEY_USER key is not loaded into PowerShell by default and we'll need it, so we'll create new PSDrive to reference it.
New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_USERS | Out-Null
 
$profileList | % {
    
    $profileKeys = Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath
    
    $sid = $profileKeys.PSChildName
    $profilePath = $profileKeys.ProfileImagePath
    
    # This is an easy way to exclude profiles outside of the default USERS profile folder, e.g. LocalSystem.
    # You may or may not want to do this depending on your requirements.
    if ($profilePath -like "$($profileFolder)*") {
        
        # Check if the profile is already loaded.        
        if (Get-ChildItem "HKU:\$sid" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
            $profileLoaded = $true
        } else {
            $profileLoaded = $false
        }
        
        Write-Output "$sid `t $profilePath `t $profileLoaded"
        
        # Load the key if necessary
        if ($profileLoaded) {
            $userKeyPath = "HKU:\$sid"
        } else {
            $userKeyPath = "HKLM:\TempHive_$sid"
            & reg.exe load "HKLM\TempHive_$sid" "$profilePath\ntuser.dat"
        }
        
        # DO SOMETHING WITH $USERKEYPATH HERE.
#############################################################################################

$hide = (Get-ItemProperty -path $USERKEYPATH\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced).Hidden

If ($hide -eq 0) { 

Set-ItemProperty -Path $USERKEYPATH\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced -Name Hidden -Value "1"

}
 
IF ($hide -eq 1) { 

Set-ItemProperty -Path $USERKEYPATH\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced -Name Hidden -Value "0"

}

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        if (!$profileLoaded) {
            & reg.exe unload "HKLM\TempHive_$sid"
        }
        
    }
}
 
Remove-PSDrive -Name HKU

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$TasknameStop = "ExplorerStop"
$TasknameStart = "ExplorerStart"
$lastlogon = (New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\LastLoggedOnUser")

SCHTASKS /CREATE /sc ONCE /st 00:00 /TN $TasknameStop /RU $lastlogon /TR "taskkill /f /im explorer.exe"
SCHTASKS /CREATE /sc ONCE /st 00:00 /TN $TasknameStart /RU $lastlogon /TR "explorer.exe" 
start-sleep -s 1
schtasks /Run /TN $TasknameStop
start-sleep -s 1
schtasks /Run /TN $TasknameStart
start-sleep -s 1
schtasks /delete /tn $TasknameStop /f
schtasks /delete /tn $TasknameStart /f