Windows 10: W10 - DISAPPEARING FILES?? HELP!

Hi, thanks for reading.I work remotely. Yesterday I was working on files in my external hard drive that I have sorted into a folder. I have no idea exactly when or how it happened, but the folder and all of its contents has disappeared. I did a keyword search, but the only thing that turned up was Shortcuts in the Recent folder, that only link to where the files USED to be.I have no idea how the files disappeared. They weren't deleted I checked the recycle bin, and as I mentioned, a keyword search is only turning up empty shortcuts.Unfortunately, I don't have any restore points, and any made

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help to remote connect

not sure how to use both programs u 2 suggested, i need more helpful steps thanks

 

How to pin an Excel 2007 file to the W10 Start fly-out menu

I have W10 and Excel 2007.

I commonly use a file XYZ.xlsx, and I'd like to be able to do the following.

Click Start --> hover over the arrow to the right of Excel 2007 --> show jump list --> click on XYZ.xlsx, either under the "Pinned" or the "Recent" section.

However, when I do the steps above, nothing shows under "Pinned", even though I've pinned XYZ.xlsx inside Excel 2007, I've opened, saved and closed the file several times, etc. Somehow W10 still doesn't know this is a file I want to use.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Vince

 

Accidentaly Deleted W10 Update Files

Hey, thanks for the replies.

I tried all the suggested steps but still no downloads running for W10.

I think I'll sleep and check again tomorrow morning.

Thanks!