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Discus and support "This folder is empty" but it is not... in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hi, I have a drive for which it is stated in "This PC" that 140 of 240 GB are empty 100 GB are not but I cannot say for certain what I have stored... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Firebody66, Aug 3, 2024.

  1. "This folder is empty" but it is not...


    Hi, I have a drive for which it is stated in "This PC" that 140 of 240 GB are empty 100 GB are not but I cannot say for certain what I have stored there. However, when opening the drive it is stated that "This folder is empty". The drive is one of two partitions of a SATA SSD drive 500 GB, the other partition contains a backup and experiences no issues. None of them are the boot drive. So far I have tested to: - show hidden files still no files - show protected system files, now shown: "recycle.bin", deleting files from it does not change the amount stored on that drive and space a

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    Firebody66, Aug 3, 2024
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  2. Downloads folder is the Documents folder

    Hi Chris,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

    I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

    Step 1:

    Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

    • Go to Download folder.
    • Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
    • In Properties go to Location tab.
    • In location Tab Click on Restore Default.


    Step 2:

    Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

    • Go to Documents folder.
    • Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
    • In Properties go to Location tab.
    • In location Tab Click on Restore Default.
    After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

    Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Prabhavathi Patil, Aug 3, 2024
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  3. enso Win User
    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
    enso, Aug 3, 2024
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  4. topgundcp Win User

    "This folder is empty" but it is not...

    Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


    Suggestion:
    1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
      x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
    2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
    3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
    4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
      NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.
     
    topgundcp, Aug 3, 2024
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