Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98

• The next time you see the message, click the Show Files link in the message.
• Select Folder Options from the View menu, and choose the View tab.
• Click Like Current Folder, and then click Ok.
• Close Explorer and then re-open it, and you should never see this warning again.

Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

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• [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Tilo2300: Sunday, October 7, 2001)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Tekbonk: Friday, October 19, 2001)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Richard Bachmann: Saturday, November 17, 2001)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Sarge: Monday, November 19, 2001)
• [Windows 98] Another way (Jason: Monday, December 24, 2001)
• [Windows 98] Solve for 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (abnormalmatt: Tuesday, March 19, 2002)
• [Windows 98] Comment about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Eddy E: Monday, April 22, 2002)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (bryan: Monday, July 1, 2002)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Sue: Saturday, July 13, 2002)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (ashu: Wednesday, July 31, 2002)
• [Windows 98] Comment about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (ChoGGi: Monday, January 13, 2003)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (Addie MacGruer: Tuesday, August 5, 2003)
• [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (nocturnal: Thursday, December 11, 2003)
• [Windows 98] This method doesn't work in 98 SE, here is the fix! (Luke Clayton: Tuesday, September 7, 2004)
• [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?' (dana hoffman: Thursday, February 14, 2008)