I hide files so as to maintain a clean interface when browsing for the most useful items on my hard drive, safe in the knowledge that I can simply place the hidden file's name in the location bar at the top and open it that way.
However, Windows 7 makes it a pain to toggle viewing hidden files or not. Is there a way to show/hide hidden files via a script? Could that then be made into a context-menu command? Or maybe even appear just below the location bar?