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| From | "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? |
| Date | 2025-07-29 23:41 +0100 |
| Organization | 255 software |
| Message-ID | <106bin6$2o3h5$5@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <106b9s3$2o3h5$1@dont-email.me> <lennllxkjg.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> |
On 2025/7/29 21:27:33, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-07-29 22:10, J. P. Gilliver wrote: >> See https://255soft.uk/temp/Clipboard_07-29-2025_01.gif - which was >> taken immediately after double-clicking the file. As you can see, it's >> definitely there. >> >> If I right-click it and select edit, it opens in Notepad (it's just a >> batch file, only five lines, two of which are rem and one blank). What's >> more, I just tried "Open command window here" and typed the filename >> (without the .bat of course) and it ran fine. (Then double-clicked it >> from Explorer again, in case it had "got better" - it hadn't.) > > Type "NEW" then tab. maybe there is an extra space or hidden char. > No, this has been working fine for yonks - just W10 sometimes decides it can't see what's under its nose. (Typing its name in a command window - without any extra characters - made it run, too.) It should have run just now, but obviously didn't. I'll go to that directory and open a command prompt now - yes, it ran fine, so the _system_ _can_ access it!> >> >> This has happened before (in Windows 10 - I don't remember it ever under >> 7 or before); I don't know what triggers it. This only happens >> sometimes; normally, the batch file (which I have as a scheduled task >> [using System Scheduler] to run 42 minutes past each hour) runs fine, >> either at its appointed time or if I run it manually. > > -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf This was before we knew that a laboratory rat, if experimented upon, will develop cancer. [Quoted by] Anne (annezo@aol.com), 1997-1-29
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Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-29 21:10 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-29 22:27 +0200
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-29 23:41 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? Here You Go <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-29 22:55 +0000
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-30 13:58 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-07-30 18:12 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-30 22:32 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? Here You Go <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-30 22:08 +0000
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? Here You Go <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-30 22:57 +0000
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-31 01:00 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-29 21:55 -0400
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-30 18:59 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-07-30 07:18 +0200
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-29 21:53 -0500
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-30 21:06 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-30 15:45 -0500
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-30 23:07 +0100
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-31 01:13 -0500
Re: Windows cannot see a file that's definitely there?!? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-31 16:01 +0100
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