Windows 10: Files and folders suddenly disappeared in Windows 11/10

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It’s uncommon, but if you cannot find your files and folders on your Windows 11/10 PC, you should be worried. Usually, it happens because you may have moved to another folder and deleted it. But if that’s not the case, it could be because of malware in the folder, and the security software has removed […]

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Disappearing folder

I've encountered a strange problem in windows 10 where I tried to delete a file in a folder, but ended up deleting the whole directory. It did so without the usual pop-up to confirm delete or say it was too big for the recycle bin. It was my Videos folder, so pretty big, but the disk allocation has also remained the same.

I've always had a problem with 'double icons' for the different user folders, including videos, and so I'm thinking it could have something to do with the whole thing, especially as now one of the two video folders has disappeared from the users folders.

The first thing i tried was 'Undo delete', but it just bought the folder back with non of the contents. Then, I went straight to Recuva, but it came up blank (there must have been over 50 videos in the folder)

I'm at a little bit of a loss as where to start looking for this disappeared folder and was hoping someone might have some suggestions?

Screenshots below:

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

ALL Files and Folders in the 'Downloads' SUDDENLY Disappeared!

Hi all,

I had 3 years worth of files (thousands of files) in my Downloads folder which have all suddenly disappeared completely (Except for one folder that contains 76 other folders, however their content have also vanished).

Unfortunately I don't have any back-ups of my my laptop or the Downloads folder.

I have not installed any new software; the only change(s) would probably be some kind of Update suggested via Windows.

I'm using an Acer laptop with Windows 10, and also have Norton Anti-Virus.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You!