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Michael3442
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September 25, 2021
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Very strange behavior when accessing a folder

  • September 25, 2021
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I have a folder in the Organizer with 24 pictures in it and it works fine. However, if I go to the same folder using Windows 10 File Explorer and open the folder, the thumbnails come up for a few seconds and then the folder snaps closed. I copied the folder in Explorer and put the copy on another partition of the drive and the same behavior is repeated. So it seems as though something is screwy with one of the files in the folder which causes the folder to close almost immediately. Any thoughts of what could be going on?

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Glenn 8675309
Glenn 8675309
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September 26, 2021

Windows creates a file, thumbs.db, as needed- and sometimes they get corrupted for any number of reasons. 
Look in the folder it, and delete it.  You could delete all copies of it on your computer if yo uwant- windows will automatically recreate them as needed.  


Look on your computer for .ds_store, and delete  all copies of it.  It's a mac OS file- the mac equivalent of thumbs.db-- there have been instances in the past of the ds_store file causing some problems with other programs.  It gets on windows computers any number of ways but typically is found in installations where the software itself, or the isntaller program was created on a MAC. 

I'm not saying "do this to fix your problem"--- it's more of a "give this a try- It doesn't hurt anything if it don't work" sorta deal. 

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    Michael3442Author
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    September 27, 2021

    Glenn, thanks for the tip. Are you suggesting I also have the hidden file .ds_store even though I have a Win10 operating system? Unfortunately in Explorer I cannot keep the folder open for more than a second or two, thus no time to do anything. I think I may copy this particular folder onto another computer and see if it opens and snaps shut in that location.

    Glenn 8675309
    Glenn 8675309
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    September 27, 2021

    Yes, it liekly you have a couple of hundred ds_store files.   It's from the sofrtware / installer files beign created on a MAC... it takes a few seconds to remove them from an installer file- it's nuscence more than anything else. 

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