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Deleting Hidden Folders

Anonymous
2018-02-07T22:36:28+00:00

My "Documents" folder contains 3 hidden folders - "My Music", "My Pictures" and "My Videos".  I use a batch file to backup my documents, but it gets to a point and says Access denied and that it can't create a My Music folder on the backup drive.  It then doesn't continue backing up my "Documents".

How can I delete these hidden folders so I can backup all my documents?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-07T22:55:08+00:00

    Open the backup drive.

    Click View tab

    Check the box 'Hidden items'

    If you see a 'My Music' folder there, delete it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-07T23:36:41+00:00

    I did as you said, but there was no "My Music" folder displayed.  On my C: I also can't see the hidden folders, even when I check the box "Hidden items".  I need to be able to delete the hidden folders on my C: so that my batch file runs all the way through all my sub-directories.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-08T00:13:33+00:00

    Hidden files should not be deleted on a whim.

    When you suggested deleting any hidden files I concluded you were referring to existing files/folders on the external drive, not the local drive.

    Have you tried using Robocopy to backup the files to the drive?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-07T23:56:52+00:00

    I have just tried your suggestion, but I still get the message:

    Access denied

    Unable to create directory - G:\documents\My Music

    How can I delete these hidden files from my C: drive?

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-07T23:48:50+00:00

    Did you try right clicking the batch file then click 'Run as administrator' to give it full permission?

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