Windows 10: My files have become folders with the actual file and a “$Zone.Identifier$$DATA” file in them

Discus and support My files have become folders with the actual file and a “$Zone.Identifier$$DATA” file in them in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I reinstalled windows 10 and not many of the files that I backed up have become folders. For example: File used to be "index.hmtml". Now this file has... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by dominique120, Feb 16, 2020.

  1. My files have become folders with the actual file and a “$Zone.Identifier$$DATA” file in them


    I reinstalled windows 10 and not many of the files that I backed up have become folders.

    For example: File used to be "index.hmtml". Now this file has become a folder called "index html" with two files in it. The "index.hml" file I'm looking for and a file called "$Zone.Identifier$$DATA"

    Why did this happen? What can I do to fix this?

    I could fix it by hand but there are thousands of files. IS there a way to make a batch script to handle this?

    Thank alot. I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018 and I just reinstalled from the same version.

    :)
     
    dominique120, Feb 16, 2020
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  2. GSquadron Win User

    Folders with zip files

    I have like 30 or more folders and everyone of them has only one single zip file.
    How can I extract all zip files inside of all folders?
     
    GSquadron, Feb 16, 2020
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  3. temp02 Win User
    Java.nio.file - Copying files

    You can't copy a folder, thats why it generates an exception (you are trying to copy a folder using a copy file function).
    You probably need to list all the files inside that folder and copy one by one
     
    temp02, Feb 16, 2020
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  4. oily_17 Win User

    My files have become folders with the actual file and a “$Zone.Identifier$$DATA” file in them

    Batch Files Knowledge Base

    Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
    Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

    dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

    When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.
     
    oily_17, Feb 16, 2020
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