Windows 10 says that documents folder is a .sys file

Hi

I have two HDD drives - C (main drive) and D (storage)
Drive C has windows 10 installed (upgrade from 7 today) and seems to be running OK

Prior to the Windows 10 install I had problems accessing the D drive drive so I booted from a Linux Mint disc in order to access my stuff on D, all went well and I created two folders with my stuff in them ready to access once I had upgraded to Windows 10.

Installed Windows 10 on C drive, all working great, I can see both HDD, I can see and access both drives, I can access one folder on the D drive and see all my files inside but i can't access the other folder on the D drive named "documents" Windows 10 says it's a system (.sys file) and asks for an app to open it.

Have I lost all my stuff in that folder or does anyone have any ideas?

Any help would be much appreciated.

TIA

Can you right click on this Documents, select properties and post a picture of the General tab and what is shown on advanced button of the security tab.(Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Ten Forums - Windows 10 Forums).

They should look something like this:





.sys files are (mostly) drivers and this object can't be both a folder and a file - it must be one or the other.

It would be good to see if it is a folder you aren't authorized to or something else.

Thanks for the reply. Screenshots as requested

Thanks for the suggestion Ztrucker, there was an S attribute set and I have done as you suggested.

Now, in explorer the Documents folder shows as a "file"???

Question why is your Documents folder on your D drive.....and it is also listed on your C drive.....can you access your doc folder on your C drive without any problems?

OldMike65 said:

Question why is your Documents folder on your D drive.....and it is also listed on your C drive.....can you access your doc folder on your C drive without any problems?

The Documents folder on the D drive is just a folder that I created (before installing Windows 10) with a load of docs, photos etc in.
The Documents folder on C is the usual Windows documents folder that's installed with Windows

3billy3 said:

The Documents folder on the D drive is just a folder that I created (before installing Windows 10) with a load of docs, photos etc in.
The Documents folder on C is the usual Windows documents folder that's installed with Windows

Well according to your last screen shot....it kinda looks empty...1kb <-- ??

Even on your screen shot on msg #3 says size on disk 0 bytes.

Ztruker said:

Can you access D:\documents from Linux or does it show as a file there as well?

From Linux it shows as a shortcut that doesn't exist - I have to say that it looks like it really doesn't exist!
But it is strange that the folder and files were there before I switched to Windows 10