You're welcome, glad it's fixed.
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Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
"Helmut Schmalzl" <helmut@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e8HZ3bGXIHA.4548@xxxxxx
Quote:
> 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
>
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