Windows 10: Folder not showing in explorer after robocopy

I used robocopy to backup the entire c:/ of a Win10 machine to an external harddrive. The bootloader of that machine is toast, so I'm doing this from CMD on a recovery disk. When the backup is done, if I run dir on the external drive I see nothing, but I can cd into the backup directory manually. It even auto completes for me.

When I then attach the harddrive to another Win10 PC and open the external drive in explorer... Nothing! However if I type the address of the backup folder in the bar I can access everything no problem. CMD behaviour on this second PC is same as seen on original.

When in the backup directory if I right click and go properties, hidden is ticked and greyed out. From the root even with show hidden ticked I still don't see it.

I ended up just creating a new folder on the external and cut & pasting the contents across which has given me a normal directory with all the data in. Still... Interested in what happened!

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  . . ."
• Robocopy often hides target folders, causing users to think they are missing. Look for hidden folders.

 

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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that the quick access and recently oped files option are missing. We will assist you to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps given below and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

• Open File explorer.
• Click on View and then Options.
• Choose Folder and search options.
• Under General Tab and under Privacy, make sure to place a check mark on Show recently used files and recently used folder in Quick access.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.