File explorer does not display folders which are NOT set to be hidden

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My new Windows 11 system seems to have developed a strange behavior in File Explorer where subfolders are not displayed. These subfolders are not set to be hidden and File Explorer is set to display hidden items, as well. If I navigate to the top level folder such as J:\Top\ from the command prompt the DIR command also fails to show the afflicted subfolders. If I invoke DIR /S the result is to list all the ‘invisible’ subfolders and contents as well the ones shown. If I enter the address of one of the invisible subfolders, J:\Top\Sub for example, into the address bar of

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