Windows somehow got convinced that a file is a folder. How do I change it back?

Posted by Ben Collins on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ben Collins
Published on 2012-06-07T03:23:54Z Indexed on 2012/06/07 4:42 UTC
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I recently moved an external drive from my usb-enabled router to my desktop machine, and ran into some permissions-related issues. A number of files were giving me errors when I tried to take ownership or set permissions, and in all my fiddling on a particular file, it somehow got switched to a folder.

Anyone have any idea how this might have happened, and how to flip it back?

Here's a screenshot: enter image description here

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