Question : Folders Keep Being Switched to 'Hidden'

I am using Windows Server 2003 and have a few folders that are shared on a Shared Network drive.  Recently these folders continue to automatically be switched to "Hidden" and can't been seen on the shared folder.

I type in a command prompt on the server computer "attrib -s -h [folder]\*.* /s /d" (I read this online and not quite sure what it even means), and that temporarily fixes the problem, but about 30 minutes later it switches back to hidden.

Answer : Folders Keep Being Switched to 'Hidden'

First, you should probably know what a command does before you run it.  There is no way to tell good advice from bad unless you know what the advice actually is:

http://www.computerhope.com/attribhl.htm

It just happens that command removes the system and hidden flags from every file and folder, recursively,  in a specific location.  If the folders then revert back to hidden, something is doing it.  That something could be Windows (are these related to the system in any way?) or it could be that your server has some other software on it.  The possibilities are pretty varied.