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Seeing folders that do not exist
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22/06/2018 05:46:23
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 10
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Thread ID:
01660816
Message ID:
01660824
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>>This is new and very weird.
>>
>>I am attempting to copy files to a alternate folder. The destination folder does not physically exist in Windows File Manager. But VFP says it does. I have attempted creating the folder using "MD" in fox and get an error saying the folder already exists. Copying files there occurs but I can not find the resulting files.
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>>Here the weird part. The GetFile() can see the folder, but File Manager can not.
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>>I am wondering if the folder is Hidden, or is set to be a System folder. I am at a lost as to how this to fix it if I can not see the folder.
>
>Hi Greg.
>
>n Explorer you can change the settings to show hidden files/folders. Once you can see the folder you can then use the properties dialog to turn the hidden flag off.
>Alternatively you can do it by hand from a command prompt where "dir /ah" will list hidden files and "attrib -h foldername" will remove the hidden flag.
>
>Ian.

Thanks for the suggestion, but already tried it and this invisible folders did appear.
Greg Reichert
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