Puzzling folder acts like a Shortcut?

[Guest]

I have an external hard drive E: in addition to the internal hard drive C: on
what I will call Computer A. I use E: for backups. I noticed a folder on E:
called "Backup Recroom" (refers to another machine on our home network) but
when I opened up "Backup Recroom" it contains another folder called "C on
recroom". When I open up this folder in turn, I see the contents of my C:
drive on Computer A. Other than not knowing how this could ever happen, I
wanted to try to get rid of it. Since the folder appears to be acting like a
shortcut, I checked out its properties. It only had a "general" tab and the
type was "Folder" not shortcut. The target indeed does say C:\. I am afraid
to delete this folder because it appears to be deleting all of the contents
of my C drive when I try to delete it.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

It's a folder shortcut -- You should be able to delete it safely, but just in case:

In a command prompt window, navigate to e:\Backup Recroom\C on recroom

type "dir /a"

you should see the contents as "desktop.ini" & "target.lnk"

type "del target.lnk"

you've now removed any association with your c: drive and can safely delete the folder.

 

[Guest]

Thanks so much! There were many other subfolders besides the two files you
mentioned. Once I deleted target.ink I was able to see all of the actual
contents of the original recroom backup in Windows Explorer (just as in
command prompt). Still wondering how the target ever got set to C but I will
probably never know as the backup was dated over 2 years ago. Even if it
referred to C: on another machine, that still would not be good.

It's a folder shortcut -- You should be able to delete it safely, but just in case:

In a command prompt window, navigate to e:\Backup Recroom\C on recroom

type "dir /a"

you should see the contents as "desktop.ini" & "target.lnk"

type "del target.lnk"

you've now removed any association with your c: drive and can safely delete the folder.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I have an external hard drive E: in addition to the internal hard drive C: on
what I will call Computer A. I use E: for backups. I noticed a folder on E:
called "Backup Recroom" (refers to another machine on our home network) but
when I opened up "Backup Recroom" it contains another folder called "C on
recroom". When I open up this folder in turn, I see the contents of my C:
drive on Computer A. Other than not knowing how this could ever happen, I
wanted to try to get rid of it. Since the folder appears to be acting like a
shortcut, I checked out its properties. It only had a "general" tab and the
type was "Folder" not shortcut. The target indeed does say C:\. I am afraid
to delete this folder because it appears to be deleting all of the contents
of my C drive when I try to delete it.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

You're welcome, glad it's fixed.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Thanks so much! There were many other subfolders besides the two files you
mentioned. Once I deleted target.ink I was able to see all of the actual
contents of the original recroom backup in Windows Explorer (just as in
command prompt). Still wondering how the target ever got set to C but I will
probably never know as the backup was dated over 2 years ago. Even if it
referred to C: on another machine, that still would not be good.

It's a folder shortcut -- You should be able to delete it safely, but just in case:

In a command prompt window, navigate to e:\Backup Recroom\C on recroom

type "dir /a"

you should see the contents as "desktop.ini" & "target.lnk"

type "del target.lnk"

you've now removed any association with your c: drive and can safely delete the folder.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I have an external hard drive E: in addition to the internal hard drive C: on
what I will call Computer A. I use E: for backups. I noticed a folder on E:
called "Backup Recroom" (refers to another machine on our home network) but
when I opened up "Backup Recroom" it contains another folder called "C on
recroom". When I open up this folder in turn, I see the contents of my C:
drive on Computer A. Other than not knowing how this could ever happen, I
wanted to try to get rid of it. Since the folder appears to be acting like a
shortcut, I checked out its properties. It only had a "general" tab and the
type was "Folder" not shortcut. The target indeed does say C:\. I am afraid
to delete this folder because it appears to be deleting all of the contents
of my C drive when I try to delete it.