Hi,
not sure if I should be posting this question here (as it may not be an Everything-related phenomenon), but let's see. It can then be kicked in the off topic subforum, obviously.
Got a NTFS formatted disk. A folder is shown in Everything that cannot be accessed (File Explorer and/or CMD) or removed. The folder is empty. After a database rebuild the folder is still there. Ran chkdsk /r /f for a check, but no errors.
Is there a way to determine at a lower level how/why Everything reports the folder to be there while Windows says it is not? Is there another way to determine the status of this folder?
regards, Kazzy
Folder shown in Everything cannot be accessed
Re: Folder shown in Everything cannot be accessed
Everything sees all files and folders thanks to the low-level that it sees the filesystem.
Some of these folders are not accessible as a regular user, for example the C:\users\<username> folders of other users or some Windows folders like C:\Windows\System32\config\, C:\Windows\SystemTemp\ and hundreds of others.
Some other files and folders are not visible/accessible in Explorer due to security settings
So first guess is that the folder actually does exist, but is inaccessible as a regular user.
Maybe it shows up in an elevated CMD?
EDIT:
Another possibility is that Explorer is configured to not show hidden files.
Enable the Attributes column in Everything to see which attributes this folder has. H (Hidden) and S (System) could indicate a reason why the folder dioes not show up in Explorer.
To help zoom in on the issue: what is the full path of this folder as shown in Everything?
Some of these folders are not accessible as a regular user, for example the C:\users\<username> folders of other users or some Windows folders like C:\Windows\System32\config\, C:\Windows\SystemTemp\ and hundreds of others.
Some other files and folders are not visible/accessible in Explorer due to security settings
So first guess is that the folder actually does exist, but is inaccessible as a regular user.
Maybe it shows up in an elevated CMD?
EDIT:
Another possibility is that Explorer is configured to not show hidden files.
Enable the Attributes column in Everything to see which attributes this folder has. H (Hidden) and S (System) could indicate a reason why the folder dioes not show up in Explorer.
To help zoom in on the issue: what is the full path of this folder as shown in Everything?