Copying Folders with No Files

[mcp6453]

I'm trying to make a copy of a folder on my XP SP3 data drive by
dragging it and dropping it onto a USB drive connected to the same
computer. For some reason that I don't understand, when Windows Explorer
encounters a folder with no files in it, it throws up an error and then
stops. If I kill the folder and try again, WE throws up on the next
folder with no files.

Sure, there is no downside in deleting all folders with no files in
them, but there are many, many folders on the drive. Please help me
understand why WE would choke on copying and folder with no files and
whether there is a solution for copying all of the folders (including
the zero-byte ones) with Windows Explorer. (I'm aware of utilities that
will copy such files and folders, but I'm hoping that there is a setting
or configuration with WE that will keep me from having to add another
utility.)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I'm trying to make a copy of a folder on my XP SP3 data drive by
dragging it and dropping it onto a USB drive connected to the same
computer. For some reason that I don't understand, when Windows
Explorer encounters a folder with no files in it, it throws up an
error and then stops. If I kill the folder and try again, WE throws
up on the next folder with no files.

Sure, there is no downside in deleting all folders with no files in
them, but there are many, many folders on the drive. Please help me
understand why WE would choke on copying and folder with no files and
whether there is a solution for copying all of the folders (including
the zero-byte ones) with Windows Explorer. (I'm aware of utilities
that will copy such files and folders, but I'm hoping that there is a
setting or configuration with WE that will keep me from having to add
another utility.)

I don't use Windows Explorer to copy folders/files unless they're
tiny/simple. I use robocopy and it works like a champ. Install the windows
2003 resource kit - it has this and more - and then run robocopy /??? in a
command line to find all the parameters. Once you get it down, there's
nothing like it.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm trying to make a copy of a folder on my XP SP3 data drive by dragging
it and dropping it onto a USB drive connected to the same computer. For
some reason that I don't understand, when Windows Explorer encounters a
folder with no files in it, it throws up an error and then stops. If I
kill the folder and try again, WE throws up on the next folder with no
files.

Sure, there is no downside in deleting all folders with no files in them,
but there are many, many folders on the drive. Please help me understand
why WE would choke on copying and folder with no files and whether there
is a solution for copying all of the folders (including the zero-byte
ones) with Windows Explorer. (I'm aware of utilities that will copy such
files and folders, but I'm hoping that there is a setting or configuration
with WE that will keep me from having to add another utility.)

The behaviour you observe is specific to your machine. Windows Explorer does
not normally behave like this. I suggest you try the same process in Safe
Mode. If the problem persists then quoting the exact error message you see
would be a good starting point. By the way, what's "WE" in "WE throws up"?

 

[Kelly]

By the way, what's "WE" in "WE throws up"?

Windows Explorer throws up?

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[mcp6453]

Windows Explorer throws up?

Correct. "WE" == "Windows Explorer"