Directory not Acting Normal...

[dakota81]

I just noticed this when I was trying to access a folder from the dos prompt. The directory was g:\South Park
I was trying to enter the directory by these commands:
cd "south park"
cd southp~1

and nothing doing, kept saying syntax error or no such directory. I am trying to pull up a file within that folder in an older dos file viewer that works very well showing the contents of very large files. Every other directory from the root of the G drive showed up in that software too, but not this directory.

I renamed that directory and then created a new directory from the dos prompt with the same name. This one now works like it should, like every other normal directory...

Anyone else seen strange behavior like this? Really weird.

 

[TekKnowGeek]

When you launch explorer and right click on the folder. Does the folder have its hidden attribute checked?

 

[bullhlms]

Several ASCII characters display as a space, but aren't. That might be part of the problem, which you solved with a "real" space.

 

[dakota81]

Probably was an ascii character problem - The folder was not hidden, and even if it were, you still can access hidden directories from the command prompt if you know the name.

The folder's been deleted now so I can't go back to check.