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Can't delete folder (in Windows 10) that contains special character [duplicate]
I have run into something that looks like a bug in Windows.
I have extracted a RAR archive onto my PC and the extracted folders cannot be deleted by any means!
My OS's language is English with some ...
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Network drive: "Size on disk" multiples of 128MB instead of reality
I've had a Buffalo LS420D 4TB NTFS network drive for years (no special setup - just whatever was the default as far as I can remember), but I just now noticed that no matter how small a file actually ...
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Removing a folder from File Explorer that no longer exists on the file system
I uninstalled an application using the product's official MSI package, it worked as expected but seems to have left a 'phantom' folder behind which is blocking my next installation.
I'm 99% sure I ...
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Where did my Downloads and Desktop folder go?
I'm running Windows 10 x64 and a few months ago my Downloads and Desktop folder went missing. I can see them in explorer and I can even access the files inside them but when I try to access those ...
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New files not being compressed in a compressed folder in Windows 10 [closed]
After marking folder as compressed in Windows 10, new files are not being compressed.
Steps:
create a folder on your desktop and then right click -> properties -> advanced -> enable "...
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Why is the size of a folder different when copied to a different location on the same disk?
I copied a folder to a different location on the same disk, and I noticed that both its size as well as the size on the disk is different in the new location.
So, I tried using TeraCopy to copy the ...