File shown in everything, does not exist in windows explorer

[anmac1789]

Everything 1.5a is showing a file that does not exist in windows explorer. In the L drive, there is a file called thumbs.db but when I look inside the L drive in windows explorer, the file does not exist. What's going on ?

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[harryray2]

Possibly this? Thumbs.db, on my system is a hidden file..It will show up in everything, but not in Explorer unless you have the system set to show hidden files.

[anmac1789]

Possibly this? Thumbs.db, on my system is a hidden file..It will show up in everything, but not in Explorer unless you have the system set to show hidden files.

oh yah thank you the problem was that when the file is hidden inside the archive, when it's extracted its not visible even with the show hidden files turned on. I dont know why windows not showing it but it is what it is. I copied it using robocopy using A-:SHAR switch, copying from one location to another and then the file showed up because i removed the hidden attribute

[harryray2]

Is it possibly classed as a system file as well? To see system files in Explorer the system has to be set to show these as well.

[anmac1789]

yeah when viewed inside 7zip it had system and also hidden attributes set and when i used robocopy to remove those attributes then it was visible again

How do i set my system to show them ? even though view hidden files was enabled it still did not show up

[void]

Windows Explorer -> View -> Options -> View -> Uncheck Hide protected operating system files.

[anmac1789]

Windows Explorer -> View -> Options -> View -> Uncheck Hide protected operating system files.

alright I will try this and see if it works for me