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Deleting Hidden Folders

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?

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

I created a new folder on C: and moved all my sub-folders from Documents to the new folder and was able to copy everything from there as there were no hidden folders.

I don't know Robocopy at all.  I am using the xcopy command to backup my files.

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Steve

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Robocopy is the successor to Xcopy.

Learn more:
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/10-command-lin...
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Try taking ownership of those 3 folders:
https://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-take-ownersh......
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I already have ownership of the computer as administrator.  I was able to use Robocopy to complete my backup successfully.

My batch file is now working fully and backing up all my sub-folders.  Thanks Andre.

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