Accidentally hid all my folders.

Unaware of what I was doing, I accidently hid all the folders on my entire computer. Now, In an attempt to try and reverse the damage, this is what I did.

C DRIVE>
FOLDERS AND SEARCH OPTIONS>
SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS>

What that did was restore all my icons again, BUT THEY ARE ALL BLANK! I have attached a screenshot below of my desktop. How do I fix this guys? It was an accident lol.

 

That is because they are all still hidden. When you choose "show hidden files and folders" Windows displays them but they are translucent so that you know they are hidden. Right click on the Icon and choose properties. Click on the general tab and uncheck the Hidden box at the bottom. Click apply and the icons should return to opaque and will now display when you revert back to hide hidden folders.

 

OK i figured it out.