Hello Keith!
Thank you for your help!
I dont know, how the folders became "hidden", but they were...
Switching to "show hidden files and folders" helped finding the content!
Thanks a lot.
Helmut
Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
Quote:
> First of all, these aren't My Music, My Pictures & My Videos that
> you're looking for, are they? Those aren't real folders, but
> junctions for backward compatibility.
>
> Next, do they show up if you go to:
>
> Organize -> Folder & Search Options -> 'View' tab
>
> and select "Show hidden files & folders" and CLEAR the checkbox for
> "Hide protected operating system files"
>
> If so, you can remove hidden & system attributes using the 'attrib'
> command from a command prompt window.
>
> C:\Users\Keith\Documents>attrib -s <foldername>
>
> C:\Users\Keith\Documents>attrib -h <folder name>
>
> If none of this helps, there's a few other things we can check - post
> back.
>
>
> "Helmut Schmalzl" <helmut@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23Ct2ELCXIHA.5208@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi NG!
>>
>> I have a strange problem.
>>
>> My documents folder doesnt show the content, although a lot of
>> content exists.
>> When typing a subfolders name in the addressbar, I can see the
>> contents of this subfolder.
>>
>> Also in the command shell the "dir" command doesnt show me any
>> content of the documents-folder. But I can access subdirectories via
>> "cd subdirectory".
>> The content of the subdirectory can be listed via "dir".
>>
>> When I select "properties" after right-clicking the documents folder
>> vista shows me the size of the folder and the number of files found.
>>
>> I have already tried the chkdsk...
>> Everything worked fine until today.
>>
>> Has anybody got an idea what could be the reason for this strange
>> behaviour?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Grettings from Austria
>>
>> Helmut Schmalzl