Windows 10: If you undo the creation of a folder, what happens to files that were in it?

Sorry this is kind of an emergency.


I accidentally undid ctrl+z the creation of a folder than had an important Word file in it that I had been working on. When that folder's creation was undone, it took the file I had been working on with it, and now I cannot find a trace of the folder or the file. The closest thing I have is when I open Word, I can click the file name from the Recent Documents list, but it fails to open because it says the Directory Name is invalid, which makes sense because the folder it was in is gone.


Even worse, I have made edits in Explorer since undoing it, so I cannot "redo" to place that folder back I didn't know what I had done for a few days. I have no idea where the folder could have gone, it seems like it poofed out of existence. Is this true?


If the folder is gone, how was it able to take my file with it?


• I checked my recycle bin, the folder or file didn't end up there.

• I don't think I have Word autosave backup working, so there are no separate recovery files that exist it seems.

• Explorer "File History" where that folder is yields nothing; it has always been turned off.


If it's actually gone forever, there NEEDS to be a warning in place when you try to Undo a folder that says "hey you're about to undo a folder that is now carrying new content. We need to place this content somewhere else before undoing it."

:)

 

documents files and folders

Hi Paul,

For better assistance, we'd like to ask the following:

• What were the steps you've tried to reverse the alphabetization of files and folder name?
• Can you provide us a sample screenshot of the issue?

We're looking forward to your reply.

 

How to redo the undo of the creation of a folder in Windows 10?

I made a folder on my desktop to move files off my phone into it.

Halfway through the process, I accidentally copy a file instead of moving it, so I press Ctrl+Z to undo it.

The folder disappears.

What basically happened is that Windows undid the creation of the folder instead of the copying of the file.

I tried pressing Ctrl+Y, but it just put a folder that says "New Folder" on the Desktop with nothing inside.

The original folder is not inside the Recycle bin.

Is all my data gone? Is there any way to recover it?

 

(Undo) have deleted my files !

Hi, I'm a video editor using Adobe Premiere Pro.

When I export a video, (VIDEO V), in a folder (FOLDER F). Everything works fine! But when I do (UNDO) in (FOLDER F), it deletes my exported video!

E.g:

Step 1: FOLDER F = EMPTY

Step 2: FOLDER F = FULL

Step 3 - I UNDO! and it comes back to (Step 1 : FOLDER F = EMPTY)

Please this is extremely frustrating! I have to displace my files a lot and when a displace in the wrong folder, I do undo a lot! BUT I LOSE MY VIDEOS! Please, fix this! I have to restart all over !