Help! My computer is blind not see my files

I have AutoCAD LT 2004 and running it on Windows Vista. I have a very strange and frustrating problem.  Windows Explorer does not see my most recent AutoCAD drawing files. To save all my drawings on the following path: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT\Drawings 2004. In the drawings folder is where I put all my files of drawings. When I bring up Windows Explorer and look inside this folder of drawings, all of my old drawings are listed, but none of the most recent files are listed.  And I KNOW THE FILES IN THIS FOLDER because I can open them in AutoCAD.  Inside of AutoCAD when I click the icon to open the file, it goes to this folder of drawings and lists ALL my files, more ancient and more RECENT. When I open one of my recent drawings, on the top of my screen designs where is shows the name of the file, it displays the full path and it's the path C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2004 LT\Drawings. But when I followed this path in Windows Explorer, the file is not listed. It's like AutoCAD can see the file in the folder of my drawings but my computer cannot. This causes a real problem because when I do my BACKUP, the most recent drawings are not copy on my external hard drive. This was recently a real problem because I needed to RESTORE a file from my backup drive, but couldn't, because it was not.  Any ideas on what is happening here?

Hi Loydclayton,

·         You have problems with this file?

·         You upgrade Autocad?

The folder may be hidden, encrypted or there could be a change in the settings folder.

Using the files in the Panel Options, you can change how work your files and folders, as well as the display of the content in your folders.

You can reset the folder options and check if it works.

1. click on Start > Control Panel > appearance and personalization

2. click on options files > view , then click on records reset.

3. check if you are able to see your files.

4. you can also check if the folders are hidden.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-folder-views-and-behavior

Encrypt or decrypt a file or folder
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/encrypt-or-decrypt-a-folder-or-file

Previous post: the result.

Bindu S - Microsoft Support

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