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01-21-2008
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| | empty documents folder 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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01-21-2008
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| | Re: empty documents folder 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. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] "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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01-21-2008
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| | Re: empty documents folder 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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01-21-2008
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| | Re: empty documents folder You're welcome, glad it's fixed. -- 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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06-11-2008
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| 32bit | Re: empty documents folder Hi, I'm facing a problem when i'm using Vista that any folder on my any drive accept C: drive shows folder is empty and shows folder is read only so i can't delete any folder but each and every thing is going ok when i enter in safe mode. I tried many things like check files are hidden or not To enable it i used both gui and command I also use security tab to grant full access to my admin user but each and every thing is looking hopless  |
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