Mysterious invisible folder

[Ray K]

I was infected with a virus that put over 22,000 ZIP files in a folder
called c:\...\Fonts\', which I found by using Search to detect the *.ZIP
files. (Note the apostrophe following Fonts\; it's the folder name, not a
typo on my part.) Yet when I tried navigating to that folder using Explorer,
I couldn't find any subfolders of Fonts. I have Folder Options/View set to
"Show hidden files and folders" and do NOT have the "Hide protected
operating system files" box checked. So why won't Explorer show the Fonts
subfolder that Search found?

Thanks,

Ray

 

[Frank Booth Snr]

I was infected with a virus that put over 22,000 ZIP files in a folder
called c:\...\Fonts\', which I found by using Search to detect the *.ZIP
files. (Note the apostrophe following Fonts\; it's the folder name, not a
typo on my part.) Yet when I tried navigating to that folder using Explorer,
I couldn't find any subfolders of Fonts. I have Folder Options/View set to
"Show hidden files and folders" and do NOT have the "Hide protected
operating system files" box checked. So why won't Explorer show the Fonts
subfolder that Search found?

I thought you said you couldn't boot up properly because once you
reached the desktop you got the message that explore.exe generated
errors, therefore unable to 'explore' Windows.

 

[Ray K]

I thought you said you couldn't boot up properly because once you
reached the desktop you got the message that explore.exe generated
errors, therefore unable to 'explore' Windows.

The trick was to simply wait long enough (five minutes, or so). Then I
was able to the Safe Mode.