Some Files and folders are not displayed

[Guest]

OK...how to describe....All my music is on computer 1 in My Documents\My Music\
I set My Documents to be shared. On computer 2 I see this and I am able to
see all my sub folders in my music collection (each folder by artist name).
Now in each artists folder are other folders for album name so...My
Documents\My Music\OzzyOsbourne\No More Tears
Most of these have multiple albums in them....
So... I can see all the artists folders but when I go into them some of the
album folders are not showing...in some none are....also the albums I can see
and go into some of the mp3 or wma files are not showing up...some do, some
don't.
Even if I hover over a folder that I know has multiple subfolders and files
bubble says "Folder is empty". Computer 1 shows 70GB in My Doc
properties....on computer 2 using network it shows only 47GB.
I have checked the properties of the files/folders on computer 1 to see if
there is any difference between two of them...one that shows and one that
does not and there is no difference. I have tried setting the My Music as
shared and the same thing happens. I have mapped both folders...same
thing...have shared then unshared and shared again to no effect. I tried
turning off simple file sharing and then setting permissions to allow all and
still same. I have unchecked Read only on My Doc folder and tell it to apply
to all sub..no effect and when I look again it is checked Read Only again. I
have tried moving the folder to a different location..can u guess? No effect.
Please help

 

[Jayso]

Check to see if they're hidden, although i'm not sure that that would
influence the big difference in file sizes

Also, if you're running Pro, check that the "everyone" user has at least
read access to these folders (r-click>>properties>>securitry, might not
apply if simple file sharing is enabled)

Good luck

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[Joe C]

No, they are not hidden. Now something new to add....added computer 3 to
network. I am able to see all folders and files so now I have to believe
that the problem/setting has to do with computer 2..my laptop. It is the one
that is only seeing some of these files and folders. Is there a setting
somewhere I should check on it?
Thanks for any help.

 

[Joe C]

UGH!!! Computer 3 now does same thing after updating. I had a clean install
of XP SP2 and just now downloaded a bunch of critical updates and now it is
doing the same thing as laptop! Microsoft...what are you doing to our
computers????? Will try and see what each update was for and see if I can
pinpoint the exact one..wish me luck.
Would still appreciate some help if someone knows the cause.

 

[Joe C]

I found the problem...Microsoft Security Update KB885250......
I uninstalled one by one every update the newly set up computer had just
downloaded and after having to reboot almost everytime..after I uninstalled
the above mentioned update I was able to see all my folders and files. I
then went to my laptop and removed only that update and it is now working!!
I am posting a new thread in hopes that a Microsoft Tech or someone who
knows how to inform Microsoft of this will see.