"Disappearing" folder

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A certain folder stopped apearing in My Computer/ Windows Explorer
etc. It can be found if its address is typed directly into the Run
dialog. It is also visible to some software (e.g. Treesize) but not to
most.

Investigation has revealed that the Hidden attribute is set, but the
checkbox is greyed out so it cannot be removed. It cannot be removed
with a Command window instruction usiing attrib either. (Error message
= "Not resetting file q:\ update".

Windows is configured to show hidden files, but the folder is still
not displayed.

I copied the files and subfolders into another, new, folder, and
shortly afterwards the new folder "disappeared". (same symptoms)

I have even tried:
- creating a new folder on a different disk
- completly removing all partitions from the disk and creating new
ones

Shortly after this folder or its contents are pasted in, even if the
new folder has a different name, the folder "disappears".

The folder and its contents can be accessed by typing the path into
the Run dialog, whereupon the folder is displayed in Windows Explorer.
But if I move up to the parent directory the folder is not displayed.

These two screenshots illustrate the problem:
http://clarity-translations.com/Clipboard00.jpg
http://clarity-translations.com/Clipboard01.jpg

Clipboard00.jpg shows the "disappeared" folder ("update") open after
typing its path into the Run dialog, and Clipboard01.jpg shows the
display after moving up to its parent folder.

Further investigation has revealed that the folder is displayed (more
faintly than normal folders) if I uncheck the option to "Hide
protected operating system files" in Tools/Folder options/View.

So, to summarise, it seems that the folder is being treated as a
protected operating system file, and this also happens to new folders
if the same subfolders and files are pasted into them.

http://clarity-translations.com/Clipboard02.jpg

TIA for any help.

Rob
 
The full message was "Not resetting system file q:\ update". Copying
error. Sorry.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:32:36 +0100, Rob
<f8YRm9@spambobLEAVETHISBITOUT.net> wrote:

>A certain folder stopped apearing in My Computer/ Windows Explorer
>etc. It can be found if its address is typed directly into the Run
>dialog. It is also visible to some software (e.g. Treesize) but not to
>most.
>
>Investigation has revealed that the Hidden attribute is set, but the
>checkbox is greyed out so it cannot be removed. It cannot be removed
>with a Command window instruction usiing attrib either. (Error message
>= "Not resetting file q:\ update".
>
>Windows is configured to show hidden files, but the folder is still
>not displayed.
>
>I copied the files and subfolders into another, new, folder, and
>shortly afterwards the new folder "disappeared". (same symptoms)
>
>I have even tried:
>- creating a new folder on a different disk
>- completly removing all partitions from the disk and creating new
>ones
>
>Shortly after this folder or its contents are pasted in, even if the
>new folder has a different name, the folder "disappears".
>
>The folder and its contents can be accessed by typing the path into
>the Run dialog, whereupon the folder is displayed in Windows Explorer.
>But if I move up to the parent directory the folder is not displayed.
>
>These two screenshots illustrate the problem:
>http://clarity-translations.com/Clipboard00.jpg
>http://clarity-translations.com/Clipboard01.jpg
>
>Clipboard00.jpg shows the "disappeared" folder ("update") open after
>typing its path into the Run dialog, and Clipboard01.jpg shows the
>display after moving up to its parent folder.
>
>Further investigation has revealed that the folder is displayed (more
>faintly than normal folders) if I uncheck the option to "Hide
>protected operating system files" in Tools/Folder options/View.
>
>So, to summarise, it seems that the folder is being treated as a
>protected operating system file, and this also happens to new folders
>if the same subfolders and files are pasted into them.
>
>http://clarity-translations.com/Clipboard02.jpg
>
>TIA for any help.
>
>Rob
 
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:37:59 -0600, Ayush
<"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote:

>[Rob] wrote-:
>> Further investigation has revealed that the folder is displayed (more
>> faintly than normal folders) if I uncheck the option to "Hide
>> protected operating system files" in Tools/Folder options/View.
>
>Open command prompt and run :
>Attrib -s -h "Q:\update"
>
>Good Luck, Ayush.

Thank you. So far so good, though I don't know what caused this or why
it happened to newly-created folders that I copied the files into.
Hope it doesn't recur. If it does I'll come back and ask again.

Rob
 
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