Windows 10: Folders Disappeared without Me Deleting Them -- WTF !!?!!

A few very important folders have disppreared from my computer without me EVER deleting them. They were on my desktop forever until I noticed recently they're not there anymore. Why the f*** is this happening?? How can I get them back??

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Total madness.



Set flag. Cleared flag. Deleted. Sync. Back



Set flag. Sync. It disappears.... WTF? I didn't even delete it but its gone.



Totally bizarre and wrong behaviour which is a real concern, what else goes without being deleted.



Thanks for the head up, will try the other emails and monitor the rest very carefully.



Thanks again DanMar.

 

how NOT to temper with windows.old

!!!!!!!!!!! my window just had an update and it deleted all my program files ?!!?!?!?!? wtf!?!?!

i rename the file to 'window.old.000 VERY IMPORTANT' how does it know where to delete?!?!?! the worst thing is i saw it as it happens! i can see my local disk free space started increasing and every refresh i can a folder disappearing.

 

First thing I'd do is right-click the desktop, choose Sort by name to assure icons are not hiding others, it is possible.

 

I did that but nothing. What do you suggest?

 

Try searching for the Folders (or File names within the Folders) that you can remember, using the Search function.

 

searching for them with the search function might work .. if you really need these folders desperately, doing a system restore back to when you last had the folders might do the trick..

 

Hopefully you'll be able to find them but in this case making periodic backups with Macrium would have allowed you to retrieve them.

 

So I got an image backup with macrium. But I dont want to back up my system just yet. Is there a way to go into the backup and just retrieve these specific files??

 

Hey yahanna,
Right click on your macrium image > explore image. Macrium will mount the image and you should be able to retrieve what you need. When done, just right click on the mounted drive > macrium reflect > unmount image.

btw ... In File Explorer > View > Check Hidden Items and look in c:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop, to see if maybe those folders got hidden.

 

Heyyyy... Thnak you very much for this. It was the right answer. THANKS!!!!

 

When you say "it was the right answer" I presume you've retrieved your lost folders from the Macrium backup.

But that still leaves unanswered the original question: How/why were the deleted in the first place?

 

I’ve had files disappear from the desktop before but I could go to the desktop folder in explorer and they’d be there. Refreshing the desktop had no effect. Weird....

 

Try pressing the Windows and "R" keys simultaneously, typing "shell:desktop" into the "Open" box, click "OK" and see if they are still in there.

Ben