Folder not displayed in Windows Explorer

[White Horse]

I have a new notebook with Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2.

I have a folder called "HP Notebook" under the C drive that I created
last week and used to contain certain files from my old notebook
restored from an external HD using Windows Backup utility. Everything
worked fine last week.

I decided to delete everything under this folder and restore every
users documents and settings from the external HD (no system stuff).
The backup utility seemed to work OK and said it completed 14,000+
files.

When I looked for C:\HP Notebook using Windows Explorer, it was not
visible. However, if I search for a file that I know exists, the
results show "C:\HP Notebook\...directory path
further...\searchedfilename".

In Control Panel, I think I have everything set to display all folders
regardless of what they are (Hidden, System, etc.).

I'd like to delete this "hidden" folder. Can someone help?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Ayush]

.... Open Command Prompt
.... Type CD\ (That will bring you to C:\ )
.... Type del <your folder name> (Example : del "Hp notebook")



***Notes***
1. To open Command prompt, type cmd in Start > Run
2. The Text in () is comment.

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|I have a new notebook with Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2.
|
| I have a folder called "HP Notebook" under the C drive that I created
| last week and used to contain certain files from my old notebook
| restored from an external HD using Windows Backup utility. Everything
| worked fine last week.
|
| I decided to delete everything under this folder and restore every
| users documents and settings from the external HD (no system stuff).
| The backup utility seemed to work OK and said it completed 14,000+
| files.
|
| When I looked for C:\HP Notebook using Windows Explorer, it was not
| visible. However, if I search for a file that I know exists, the
| results show "C:\HP Notebook\...directory path
| further...\searchedfilename".
|
| In Control Panel, I think I have everything set to display all folders
| regardless of what they are (Hidden, System, etc.).
|
| I'd like to delete this "hidden" folder. Can someone help?
|
| Thanks,
| Mike
|

 

[Guest]

I have a new notebook with Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2.

I have a folder called "HP Notebook" under the C drive that I created
last week and used to contain certain files from my old notebook
restored from an external HD using Windows Backup utility. Everything
worked fine last week.

I decided to delete everything under this folder and restore every
users documents and settings from the external HD (no system stuff).
The backup utility seemed to work OK and said it completed 14,000+
files.

When I looked for C:\HP Notebook using Windows Explorer, it was not
visible. However, if I search for a file that I know exists, the
results show "C:\HP Notebook\...directory path
further...\searchedfilename".

In Control Panel, I think I have everything set to display all folders
regardless of what they are (Hidden, System, etc.).

I'd like to delete this "hidden" folder. Can someone help?

Thanks,

Hi Mike,
Use one of these two Utilities to delete them in one click:
http://www.ccleaner.com
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
When all cleared check the Hide system files/folder back on.
HTH.
Please let us know if that was helpful.
Regards,
nass

 

[White Horse]

Use one of these two Utilities to delete them in one click:
http://www.ccleaner.com
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm

I'm late replying, because I posted on my lunch hour and could not try
suggestions until I got home.

The utility from www.purgeie.com did the trick!!! I don't know why I
couldn't see the file - makes no sense. By the way, the commands
entered in command prompt did not work, and the dir command did not
show the folder. I didn't know how to try to delete the folder using a
short name. At any rate, the monster (3 gb, I suspect) is gone!

Thanks for all suggestions.
Mike