Windows 10: March 2020 Windows 10 update deleted my folder from a desktop. How to restore it?

I had a folder with all my company documents on a desktop. After the latest update forced yesterday, the folder disappeared. It was noticed about 2 hours after the update. There were no other actions done on this computer. Except for browsing the internet that was stopped after noticing folder being gone to not overwrite.


Things that I have tried to recover it on admin account:


- Restart computer 5 times - did not help

- Using Recuva deep inspection, EaseUS Recovery, Disk Drill - don't see my files

- Searching with Locate32 whole disc for these files assuming they were moved - did not reveal them

- There is no temporary folder created in the Users folder .bak, or.001, etc - yes, I have enabled showing all secured, system folders, etc.

- There is no Windows.old on the disk

- Trash is empty

- Disk scanning did not reveal any bugs on the disk

- SSD health tool from Sandisk did not reveal any bugs on disk


Interestingly enough, recovery tools see other files removed at various times from yesterday to years ago. Also from other folders from the desktop. But there is no trace of the one folder that was removed. It had a big size some GB'ts. Also, there were a lots of files. It seems very unlikely that even one file is not possible to be recovered.


So my wild guess is that the folder exists somewhere in a way recovery tools do not consider him as removed, but I can not see, nor access it i have tried to access it by providing a pathname in the Windows Explorer, but also without any luck. Showing all system and secured files also do not reveal any trace of this folder.


How to get my folder back?

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C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

Trouble deleting a folder

Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

Cumulative Updates - March 10th 2020

Changelog for Cumulative updates released on March 10th, 2020 are as under:

1. Windows 10 1903 and 1909: KB4540673 (OS Builds
   18362.719)
2. Windows 10 version 1809: KB4538461(OS Build 17763.1098)*

For Windows 10 1903/1909, It is recommended to install servicing stack update KB4541338 before installing the cumulative updates.

Direct Download links

• KB4540673 32-bit update can be downloaded using this
  link and 64-bit can be downloaded from this.
• KB4538461 32-bit link is here and
  the 64-bit link is here.

Servicing Stack Update KB4541338 for Windows 10 1903 and 1909

• Use this link for 32-bit and this
  link for 64-bit download.

Windows 10 update history

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4529964/windows-10-update-history

Windows 10 release dashboard

Windows 10, version 1903 and Windows Server, version 1903 - Windows Release Information

Follow @WindowsUpdate to find out when new content is published to the release information dashboard.

*Support for Windows 10, version 1809 ends May 12th 2020.