Invisible folder

Question

**My OS is Windows XP, and my problem is that I have an invisible folder.

That folder does not contain system files, it's on D:/ drive.

In the folder with music, I have subfolders for every singer/group, and when I try to make a new folder, it says that I already have folder with that name. I don't, so it must be an invisible one.

How to make it visible?**

Answer 1

The first thing to do would be to go to Start->Settings->Control Panel->Folder Options->View->Advanced Settings. Tick ‘Show hidden files and folders’ and untick ‘Hide protected operating system files’ (and confirm the annoying nag-o-box).

Now you should be able to see all files in Explorer. If you still don't see the folder, there could be a filesystem problem. Would be worth running the Error Checker over the drive in question.

Answer 2

Try doing the following

Open up a command window by typing cmd in the Run dialog (Start->Run). Then type the following

d:
cd \
attrib -r -a -s -h /s /d d:\

Answer 3

Navigate there in a command prompt:

d:
cd [music folder]
attrib -H [name of folder] /D /S

This should make the folder visible once more. Try -S as well, if that doesn't work.

Answer 4

You can do two things towards confirming existence of that folder.

1. From cmd.exe shell: change to parent folder and try to enter the folder in question
2. View the parent folder in explorer and change the view to show hidden and system files

Answer 5

Being Windows XP, you can display hidden files and folders from the Tools > Folder Options > View menu in Windows Explorer.