Re: Folder that keeps coming back!!??!!

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Which application did you use when you saved to the Folder tree ?
Many applications will remember and assign a default save path &
the next time you use that application it may re-create the tree.
( Could explain why tree exists, but no content saved within it ).

"Misterpizza" <Misterpizza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is more of a strange occurance than an annoyance but I thought maybe
> someone has a solution to this one...
>
> Some time back I created a new folder in My Documents. Amongst other
> files,
> this folder contained at least one sub-folder, which also contained at
> least
> one sub-folder and some files.
>
> Once I finished working on whatever i was working on at the time, using
> this
> folder and its contents, I decided to delete it all, since it was no
> longer
> required. Surely enough it went into the recycle bin, of which I
> subsequently
> emptied the contents.
>
> The next day, when I switched my pc on, to my surprise the folder was back
> in My Documents, with no files contents, but a sub-folder, and a
> sub-sub-folder...
>
> Ever since I have tried to get rid of it but it back each time I switch
> the
> pc on or do a re-start........
>
> I've tried to change its attributes as it said read-only but that didn't
> make any difference at all....
>
> It's a weird one to me!!!


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