Windows 10: Lost folders in Explorer

Discus and support Lost folders in Explorer in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello, Does anybody have any idea why some of my folders are missing now from explorer and all windows apps/file manager...BUT I can see them from... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by deeaa, Oct 17, 2015.

  1. deeaa Win User

    Lost folders in Explorer


    Hello,

    Does anybody have any idea why some of my folders are missing now from explorer and all windows apps/file manager...BUT I can see them from Command Line and also some of the folders include for instance videos and I can see the videos there...and in the file properties I can see the real folder too...but it can't be accessed anywhere else.

    Does that make sense? An example:

    I have a V:\Home Videos folder. It doesn't show anywhere in Windows EXCEPT when I go to 'Videos' and pick a video file and see in properties: V:\Home Videos. And the video plays fine and all; just can't access it from anywhere else! (Except command line).

    I have checked the folder permissions and all, don't seem to have a problem there. Show hidden files is on and such.

    :)
     
    deeaa, Oct 17, 2015
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    I have several folders for emails in my Internet Explorer. When Microsoft took it up themselves to update my laptop with Windows 10 I lost all the stuff I had in those folders (pictures, documents, letters, etc). How do I retrieve all those lost items?
    Is there a way to sync the folders to Windows 10?

    Moved from IE10

    Original title: Internet Explorer olders
     
    CareKester, Oct 17, 2015
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    If you changed this one: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders , I think it gets over written by whatever is in:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders - i.e. that's why your changes got lost.
     
    pauljturner99, Oct 17, 2015
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  4. Ztruker Win User

    Lost folders in Explorer

    Post a picture of This PC.

    Does it show a V:? Is V: a flash drive or mapped network drive?
     
    Ztruker, Oct 18, 2015
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  5. deeaa Win User
    I'll get a screenshot. There may actually be other folders not showing as well.

    V: is a physical internal 1tb drive.

    I corrected it by creating another folder V:\HomeVideos (as opposed to with a space) and then moved the videos visible from "My Videos" and really being on V drive to that folder. Now they are showing OK and there is just an older invisible Home Videos folder remaining.
     
    deeaa, Oct 18, 2015
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  6. deeaa Win User
    Lost folders in Explorer [​IMG]


    Here is a screenshot. The Home Video folder in CMD window isn't visible in any programs or explorer BUT the 'videos' folder points to that folder and if I copy stuff to videos folder, it becomes invisible to Windows elsewhere and vice versa Lost folders in Explorer :)
     
    deeaa, Oct 18, 2015
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  7. deeaa Win User
    Another weird folder found. I can't access a certain folder without it always saying 'you don't have the right to access this folder click to gain permanent access' and then I can get to the folder. Which is a regular folder created by myself, not a system folder. Well, now when I try to back out of said folder in filemanager, it says this:


    Lost folders in Explorer [​IMG]


    And I have to close filemanager and reopen it to access any other folders ? Lost folders in Explorer :)

    This is really weird.

    I have often had problems with home networked computers; if I upgrade one machine to say from 7 to 8.1 I can't access its files any more from other network computers before I 'rebuild' the network; and even after that most folders report I have 'no rights' to access the folders even though I'm using an admin account. It can be a real PITA sometimes, and honestly it'd sometimes be much easier to just clean install the whole windows and copy each drive and directory to a new backup drive and then back to rebuild the directories.
     
    deeaa, Apr 4, 2018
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