# I can't see my ipod music files in windows explorer anymore?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-ipod-music-files-in-windows-explorer-anymore/526072>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-ipod-music-files-in-windows-explorer-anymore/526072 "2010-01-23T03:14:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-ipod-music-files-in-windows-explorer-anymore/526072/1 "2010-01-23T03:14:07Z")

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I remember way back in the deep recesses of 2000-something I was able to view the folders and song files on my ipod via Windows explorer. It wasn’t pretty but I could do it. Folders were 0-49 and the songs seemed randomly assigned to the folders. Anyway I’m trying to do it again with my 5th generation 80gb in disc mode and Windows 7 and can view folders but no files except pictures that I loaded. There’s not even an inidcation of where the files are. Is being able to access music folders and files impossible now? I can’t even remember if it was my old mini or the one I have now that I was able to view the files with.

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**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-ipod-music-files-in-windows-explorer-anymore/526072/2 "2010-01-23T04:05:36Z")

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Make sure “show hidden files and folders” is enabled. It’s in Tools-\>Folder Options from any Explorer window.

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**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-ipod-music-files-in-windows-explorer-anymore/526072/3 "2010-01-23T04:36:48Z")

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oh yeah. That did the trick. I thought I forgot something simple.

Thanks!