Hifito Portable

Based on pure Windows API, Hifito Portable is a free and open-source OS enhancement tool that gives you the possibility to seamlessly toggle the "Show hidden files" and "Hide extensions for known file types" features, which can be normally accessed through the "Folder options" area in Windows Explorer. It runs in the systray and contains a couple of intuitive options that even novices can fiddle with.

There is no installation kit involved. Instead, you can save the program files to a preferred directory on the disk or store them to a USB flash drive, in order to directly run Hifito Portable on any computer. It doesn't update the system registry with new entries, so it doesn't increase the risk of OS stability issues.

Once launched, the software application creates an icon in the taskbar notifications area and provides quick access to its options while remaining minimally intrusive and letting you carry on with your normal desktop activity without any interruptions.

By opening the right-click menu of the icon, it's possible to show or hide hidden files and file extensions with the click of a button. Balloon notifications can be enabled or disabled. You can configure keyboard shortcuts for toggling the visibility of hidden files and file extensions. There are no other notable options available.

We haven't come across any stability problems in our testing, thanks to the fact that it didn't freeze, crash or indicate error messages. It didn't hog system resources, as it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to work properly.

To sum it up, Hifito Portable comes bundled with intuitive and speedy options for easily toggling the visibility of hidden files and file extensions in Windows Explorer, which gets integrated into the systrem tray and support keyboard shortcuts.