Hi, thanks for the welcome and suggestions.
Ive tried both the fixes and reg edits etc and no luck there.
Ive not had any virus or mal ware problems, scans are fine...
I can now see the extentions for my file types, after I applied it a few times it started saving that setting again, but I'm having no luck with the view hidden files and folders I cant even get it to turn on for one session, if I apply it, or ok, or apply to all folders, nothing happens and I go back to the settings and again both are highlighted.
Strange, never come across this before.
Thanks again.