Check the windows update, any update recently mainly any thing related to .net client profile. Of yes
If the folder still 60+ then right click on the file try with different player .
There is another file in the root of that drive according to the image that you included above called autorun.inf
My concern is that a while back there was a pretty prevalent issue with a virus/malware product associated with autorun.inf
It could be innocent enough but generally you don't want to see these types of files in the root of any of your drives, you should be able to right click it and open it with notepad to determine what it is pointing at and if it is making an "open" call to a mysterious executeable then you may have an infection something like
open=somefilename.exe
a full scan with an updated and current antivirus software might be in order
keep us posted.
Regards
Randy
Have you try to open with "right click -> open with -> explorer"?
To fix the folder use a program called "disk heal"
If you can, try a search for just one of the movies by name. I think they may have been moved somewhere else.?
Also, look in Users - username - Searches and see if anything is listed as "recently changed folders"
Yes, it says I need admin privileges (which I have) and I have tried to take ownership of it.Have you tried to copy or move the item to another area, out of that parent folder?
Is there any chance the folder was just a link to another area? Is something from another area linked to it, like a media server or network share?
Have you tried booting into the Recovery function and the Command Window to see if you can do a dir command on the folder to see if it shows up outside of Windows?
Could the folder have been encrypted or compressed?
You may want to use this as a last step, but have you tried right clicking and select "Restore Previous versions". I could see a situation where this would be a problem if, for some reason, the folder had become corrupted.
If you right click on the "folder" and look at properties, it is normal for a folder to say O bytes. Below that on the General Tab, is a "Contains" entry. Does that show anything as far as files or folders inside?
If you go to the customize tab, can your at least change the icon?
I do not know what happens if Digital Rights Management gets involved, but could that be part of the problem?
Hi tony,
I had same problem but when I try to open with different player it started working,
I. Had this problem since my external hard drive affected by virus I did scan using e-set and tried it worked.
From the screenie, seems like it is confused about what it really is.
Do you know why it states the Location as A:\ .
Looks like I am going to have to do some more research. What model drive is this external version?
If you use A:, something normally used for a floppy drive, do you or have you set something in the bios to see it?