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Windows Shared Folder Appears to have stuff in it


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Okay,

I feel really dumb about this one, but here goes:

I am backing up all my data, movies, and other personal files. So, I moved a Shared folder from the C:\Documents and Settings to C:\My Documents. Apparently I have 2 Shared folders, and I can account for both of them. This appears to be a third Shared folder. When I open it, it says 0 bytes, however, in the properties section, it claims to have 383KB. I cannot for the life of me find any contents in it. I even tried checking hidden contents. This is really bizarre! I know that sometimes empty folders or items can take a certain amount of neglible space, but this is very odd. The properties function also shows 60 items, but no other folders within this "shared" folder. I want to delete it because it's confusing to have another folder with the same name, but I cannot see what's supposedly in the folder.

So, I tried scanning it with Norton to see what would happen. I see a few registry file type numbers, and "Album Art" next to the numbers, so this appears to have some info in it, which is practically invisible. How can I make this info visible?
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