OBS Recordings making "Ghost" Folders

[Eiyar]

I'm not entirely sure how to call my issue, but in essence it is the following:
I make a recording
It saves fine
I can tamper with the recordings (delete, edit, etc.)
The folder that the videos were saved to is no longer in that location even though OBS still saves to it and I can see it

I just made it do it again (it does it every time) and here is the log file:

https://obsproject.com/logs/JXNn69HQGbHHbOLm

I have also attached a screenshot of what it looks like when I try to delete the folder

 

[Eiyar]

After some effort, I found a solution.

TL;DR:
Remove "//" from naming, replace with "/"
CMDS to folder above problem folder
"dir /x"
"rmdir {shorthand for folder}"


The issue was that I had set a "//" to create a new folder instead of simply "/". What this had done is created a folder NAMED "/ {name of folder}" which isn't technically possible, causing it to be undeletable.

The way to fix this is to use command prompt inside the folder right above your problem folder (e.g. in my case the problem folder was within a folder called "OBS Recordings"). Then, you have to run the command "dir /x" to show the shorthand for the files (it will be directly to the left of the normal file name). With that shorthand you then have to run "rmdir {shorthand}".

I have attached my command prompt which had solved the issue if you need further assistance.