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I was using autoit to rename folders, and I used FileMove instead of DirMove. It did move all the data from the folder, but wrote the destination folder as a FILE - Without the D attribute - so windows treats it as a FILE. I have good reason to believe that the data inside hasn't changed, It's just missing the D Attribute.



Is there any tool or method to set the D attribute of a file on windows? I've been googling for 2 hours and have had no luck.










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    Have you tried "extracting" the file using 7zip?

    – music2myear
    Dec 24 '18 at 0:18











  • 7zip doesn't recognize it as an archive. Had that thought too Maybe if I put it INTO a .zip file, I could do some hex editor fuckery on the archive, and then extract the folder. I have no clue how i'd do that.

    – user6212
    Dec 24 '18 at 2:33











  • If you move a folder to a single file target, it normally gets overwritten, doesn't the size of the file give you a hint of the actual content?

    – LotPings
    Dec 24 '18 at 16:39
















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I was using autoit to rename folders, and I used FileMove instead of DirMove. It did move all the data from the folder, but wrote the destination folder as a FILE - Without the D attribute - so windows treats it as a FILE. I have good reason to believe that the data inside hasn't changed, It's just missing the D Attribute.



Is there any tool or method to set the D attribute of a file on windows? I've been googling for 2 hours and have had no luck.










share|improve this question


















  • 1





    Have you tried "extracting" the file using 7zip?

    – music2myear
    Dec 24 '18 at 0:18











  • 7zip doesn't recognize it as an archive. Had that thought too Maybe if I put it INTO a .zip file, I could do some hex editor fuckery on the archive, and then extract the folder. I have no clue how i'd do that.

    – user6212
    Dec 24 '18 at 2:33











  • If you move a folder to a single file target, it normally gets overwritten, doesn't the size of the file give you a hint of the actual content?

    – LotPings
    Dec 24 '18 at 16:39














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I was using autoit to rename folders, and I used FileMove instead of DirMove. It did move all the data from the folder, but wrote the destination folder as a FILE - Without the D attribute - so windows treats it as a FILE. I have good reason to believe that the data inside hasn't changed, It's just missing the D Attribute.



Is there any tool or method to set the D attribute of a file on windows? I've been googling for 2 hours and have had no luck.










share|improve this question














I was using autoit to rename folders, and I used FileMove instead of DirMove. It did move all the data from the folder, but wrote the destination folder as a FILE - Without the D attribute - so windows treats it as a FILE. I have good reason to believe that the data inside hasn't changed, It's just missing the D Attribute.



Is there any tool or method to set the D attribute of a file on windows? I've been googling for 2 hours and have had no luck.







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    Have you tried "extracting" the file using 7zip?

    – music2myear
    Dec 24 '18 at 0:18











  • 7zip doesn't recognize it as an archive. Had that thought too Maybe if I put it INTO a .zip file, I could do some hex editor fuckery on the archive, and then extract the folder. I have no clue how i'd do that.

    – user6212
    Dec 24 '18 at 2:33











  • If you move a folder to a single file target, it normally gets overwritten, doesn't the size of the file give you a hint of the actual content?

    – LotPings
    Dec 24 '18 at 16:39














  • 1





    Have you tried "extracting" the file using 7zip?

    – music2myear
    Dec 24 '18 at 0:18











  • 7zip doesn't recognize it as an archive. Had that thought too Maybe if I put it INTO a .zip file, I could do some hex editor fuckery on the archive, and then extract the folder. I have no clue how i'd do that.

    – user6212
    Dec 24 '18 at 2:33











  • If you move a folder to a single file target, it normally gets overwritten, doesn't the size of the file give you a hint of the actual content?

    – LotPings
    Dec 24 '18 at 16:39








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Have you tried "extracting" the file using 7zip?

– music2myear
Dec 24 '18 at 0:18





Have you tried "extracting" the file using 7zip?

– music2myear
Dec 24 '18 at 0:18













7zip doesn't recognize it as an archive. Had that thought too Maybe if I put it INTO a .zip file, I could do some hex editor fuckery on the archive, and then extract the folder. I have no clue how i'd do that.

– user6212
Dec 24 '18 at 2:33





7zip doesn't recognize it as an archive. Had that thought too Maybe if I put it INTO a .zip file, I could do some hex editor fuckery on the archive, and then extract the folder. I have no clue how i'd do that.

– user6212
Dec 24 '18 at 2:33













If you move a folder to a single file target, it normally gets overwritten, doesn't the size of the file give you a hint of the actual content?

– LotPings
Dec 24 '18 at 16:39





If you move a folder to a single file target, it normally gets overwritten, doesn't the size of the file give you a hint of the actual content?

– LotPings
Dec 24 '18 at 16:39










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