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basick
Jul 12 2005, 09:40 PM


the folder movies turned into a file... how do i make it a folder again.. i got important ish in there!!
artislife90
Jul 12 2005, 09:50 PM
blink.gif I am not sure...but that could mean somthing is currupt. You should send a help request to microsoft on their website.

Microsoft Contact form
mipadi
Jul 12 2005, 10:14 PM
Maybe you can get at it from the command line, and at least copy your files out of it.
basick
Jul 13 2005, 01:59 PM
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mipadi - how do you do that? thanks
mipadi
Jul 13 2005, 02:27 PM
  1. Go to Start > Run and type in cmd.
  2. Type C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\<path to folder>
  3. Type dir ../
  4. Type copy <name of folder> <name of folder>2
//Edit
Damn, cd is a Unix command...I mean dir, not cd.
kryogenix
Jul 13 2005, 02:29 PM
QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 13 2005, 2:27 PM)
  1. Go to Start > Run and type in cmd.
  2. Type C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\<path to folder>
  3. Type [b]cd ../
  4. Type copy <name of folder> <name of folder>2
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what's with the [b] in front of the cd?
Azarel
Jul 13 2005, 02:33 PM
QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jul 13 2005, 12:29 PM)
what's with the [b] in front of the cd?
He didn't close his bold tag after step2 for the directory. rolleyes.gif
kryogenix
Jul 13 2005, 02:52 PM
QUOTE(Azarel @ Jul 13 2005, 2:33 PM)
He didn't close his bold tag after step2 for the directory. rolleyes.gif
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ah i see.

ROOT!
J-DraGoNz
Jul 13 2005, 02:56 PM
^ haha
holy shit his folder turned to a file ive never seen that happen before
basick
Jul 13 2005, 06:49 PM
QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 13 2005, 12:27 PM)
  1. Go to Start > Run and type in cmd.
  2. Type C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\<path to folder>
  3. Type dir ../
  4. Type copy <name of folder> <name of folder>2
//Edit
Damn, cd is a Unix command...I mean dir, not cd.
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wait so for step two I type in command prompt.. "G:\Files\Videos\Movies"... cause Movies is the folder that turned into a file... when i did that it says "G:\files\videos\movies" is not recognized as an internal or an external command, operable program, or barth file.
mipadi
Jul 13 2005, 07:02 PM
Sorry, my bad. Put "dir" in front of the path, like this:
  • dir G:\Files\Videos
  • copy Videos Videos2
(Sorry, not completely used to a Windows command line.)
EriaNight
Jul 13 2005, 11:06 PM
You know what's even weirder: if the *folder* held movies in it before...it's now only 32 KB....that is INCREDIBLY small for a file that holds movies...Weird

I know that if you have a file that has no end tag like .mov or .jpeg in the name then it doesn't know how to open it, so maybe if you rename it? Or something....but I don't think you'd put a tag on it because it's supposed to be a folder. Gahh you can always try renaming it.

But yeah they are also right--either try to get your files out of it or it might be corrupt.
medic
Jul 14 2005, 01:20 AM
Is this by change a thumb drive or flash drive what ever they call em?
basick
Jul 14 2005, 01:45 AM
QUOTE(medic @ Jul 13 2005, 11:20 PM)
Is this by change a thumb drive or flash drive what ever they call em?
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i just transferred all my stuff to an external hard drive and this happened a week after... and mipadi its not working sad.gif

G:\Files\Videos\Movies

is the folder/file
kryogenix
Jul 14 2005, 06:42 AM
QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 13 2005, 2:27 PM)
//Edit
Damn, cd is a Unix command...I mean dir, not cd.
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cd works fine in cmd.
basick
Jul 16 2005, 12:16 AM
uppin for some help
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