Disappearing files after properties edit in windows 7

What software are you using to edit the file, and what properties specifically are you changing?

I am hoping you have resolved the problem?
Yesterday, my wife was rotating images in Windows 7 Explorer, and they vanished.
Today, I was tagging images on the family PC, and they too have gone - a whole file

Taking advice from another forum, I wondered if the files were 'hidden' and they were. I revealed them by following the following:

To see hidden files, open windows explorer > organise > folder and search options > view > show hidden files then click apply.

But now, although they appear, they are geyed out.

What next?

William

Select the files you have issues with, righ-click on them to get to the Properties, and change them to be not hidden, and not read-only. They are a different color because Windows will make hidden files it is showing a lighter shade than regular files.

What you did will show you the files, but you really want to remove the hidden tag from them.

Thank you, Hang-the-9. But if I rotate the image, it goes back to its greyed out state. I can restore it by following your guidelines, but why is it being hidden at all?

Is it located in a hidden folder maybe? If you save the file, it will inherit the top folder properties.