I am trying to create a folder with name, let's say, phantomdir but I am getting a dialogue that says, translated, "A directory with same name 'phantomdir' already exists in this location. Do you want to merge 'New Folder' with it?"
Yes. Hidden items are displayed.
I can type filepath E:\phantomdir
to Windows Explorer address bar and Windows Explorer navigates to the directory, which is empty. But the phantomdir is not visible at E:\
in Windows Explorer.
The phantomdir is not listed when I dir
in E:\
but I can cd E:\pahtomdir
and dir
in there and output is below.
E:\phantomdir>dir
Volume in drive E is Elements
Volume Serial Number is E079-122F
Directory of E:\phantomdir
File Not Found
How did this happen? I was going to copy some files and folders with filepaths longer than Windows Explorer can copy to external drive using C:\Users\user>robocopy D:\ E:\phantomdir\ /E
, cmd was not run as administrator. It printed out permission denied, waiting 30 seconds at first element it tried to copy and I ctrl+c'd it. I looked into E:\phantomdir and saw directories are created but no files are copied. So I shift+delete'd E:\phantomdir. Then I tried to copy using some other way.
What did I break? What do I fix and how?
Thanks in advance.
dir /ad
?dir /ad
.attrib -ahs e:\phantomdir /D
. Check if you see it on windows explorer. If yes, then it will confirm why you can see it withdir /ad
.dir
and in Windows Explorer. Thanks.