re: Problem: Files/Folders not showing Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 8:55 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by AnchorMan (1465 messages posted) Wondering if this could be a security issue. Can you view the security setting for the folder? IE.. Right click and check "security" settings. Should be "everyone" all checked off. AnchorMan On Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 2:11 pm, Jenny wrote: >Check off "show system files" along with "hidden files and folders" Did that, >and the files/folders didn't show up. > >If you have used the "xcopy" util. to move or copy files I haven't been moving >the files once I DLed them to the particular folder [D:\Jenny\My Music\Downloads]. > >I would suggest that you go to that folder, right click on it, select properties >and check whether there is anything unusual displayed. I tried this and found >out that the size of the folder is 3.75GB and it's contains 720 files, 26 folders. >Since it is 3.75GB, I didn't attempt to "copy the folder and see if the copy displays >the same problems" seeing as it might take hours for that lol Yet, once I noticed >that it had 720 files, I remembered reading something about increasing folder size >from 400 to 8000. I attempted to change it from http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm >I saved bags8000.reg to numerous folders, attempting to get it to work in my D:\Jenny\My >Music\Downloads folder [I wasn't sure where to excatly save it to, so I saved it >in D:\Jenny\My Music\Downloads, D:\Jenny\My Music, D:\Jenny, and C:\Program Files >]. After saving it in all of these places, I contiuned on with the instrucations..."Double >click it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad >by right clicking on the file and selecting Edit."...yet no change. I also tried >logging out and then back in, hoping for some change, but yet again no change. > >Thanks SO MUCH Mark and Anchorman! All of your advice has helped alot...but you guys >got any more ideas? :) Written in response to: re: Problem: Files/Folders not showing (Jenny: Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 2:11 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Problem: Files/Folders not showing (Jenny: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 10:21 am) re: Problem: Files/Folders not showing (Mark: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 5:06 pm) re: Problem: Files/Folders not showing (AnchorMan: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 8:47 pm) re: Problem: Files/Folders not showing (Jenny: Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 2:11 pm) re: Problem: Files/Folders not showing (AnchorMan: Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 8:55 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum