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Support and Feedback / not showing files in C:\Windows' sub-folders; searches fail to find files
« on: February 16, 2017, 02:03:04 »
I'm using MC portable 6.9.1 in Vista x64 SP2 - maybe that makes a difference here.
I don't know that I've had problems w/ MC file search in the past. Am I missing something to get MC to show ALL files & folders, whether w/ H & S attrib, or not?
I thought you just enabled show hidden & system folders. (Though not all the files it's not showing are system or hidden).
Now, MC explorer panel shows about *5 files* in C:\Windows\Drivers, when there are really > 300 files - per Windows Explorer.
I have show hidden & system files checked in MC explorer panel setup. I toggled the settings on / off / on.
I restarted MC in admin mode. I verified "show hidden & system files were checked - in View>Layout.
Also hit refresh several times - F5.
But it's not just a matter of not showing hidden or system files - most in that folder don't have 'H' or 'S' attributes.
MC shows 2280 files in System32, while Explorer shows 2472 files (not including sub folders).
When I searched in MC for "i8042prt.sys" in System32 - it didn't find it, of course, but the log file showed it searched the drivers folder.
MC's explorer doesn't find or show the C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder -at all, but the folder exists w/ 756 sub folders & lots of files.
I checked a previous portable MC version & it now shows the same problems. I don't have an installed version left to check.
But it seems to show other partitions' (non OS) files & folders.
I don't know that I've had problems w/ MC file search in the past. Am I missing something to get MC to show ALL files & folders, whether w/ H & S attrib, or not?
I thought you just enabled show hidden & system folders. (Though not all the files it's not showing are system or hidden).
Now, MC explorer panel shows about *5 files* in C:\Windows\Drivers, when there are really > 300 files - per Windows Explorer.
I have show hidden & system files checked in MC explorer panel setup. I toggled the settings on / off / on.
I restarted MC in admin mode. I verified "show hidden & system files were checked - in View>Layout.
Also hit refresh several times - F5.
But it's not just a matter of not showing hidden or system files - most in that folder don't have 'H' or 'S' attributes.
MC shows 2280 files in System32, while Explorer shows 2472 files (not including sub folders).
When I searched in MC for "i8042prt.sys" in System32 - it didn't find it, of course, but the log file showed it searched the drivers folder.
MC's explorer doesn't find or show the C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder -at all, but the folder exists w/ 756 sub folders & lots of files.
I checked a previous portable MC version & it now shows the same problems. I don't have an installed version left to check.
But it seems to show other partitions' (non OS) files & folders.