Windows 10: Whole folder vanished

Discus and support Whole folder vanished in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; This is happening for some time. A file saved to desktop or D: drive vanishes right after saving it. In the past, I did not care much about this... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Chuenmon, Nov 11, 2021.

  1. Chuenmon Win User

    Whole folder vanished


    This is happening for some time. A file saved to desktop or D: drive vanishes right after saving it. In the past, I did not care much about this delinquent behavior because the files vanished were not of important. But today a whole folder vanished after saving it to D: drive.A folder contained 36 images of RAW files was downloaded from my camera to desktop. A minute later, the folder was cut and pasted on D: drive. I checked the folder right after the pasting. It was clearly there. One minute later, I could not find the whole folder, not even by Windows search tool.This is too serious.

    :)
     
    Chuenmon, Nov 11, 2021
    #1
  2. enso Win User

    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
  3. Downloads folder is the Documents folder

    Hi Chris,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

    I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

    Step 1:

    Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

    • Go to Download folder.
    • Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
    • In Properties go to Location tab.
    • In location Tab Click on Restore Default.


    Step 2:

    Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

    • Go to Documents folder.
    • Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
    • In Properties go to Location tab.
    • In location Tab Click on Restore Default.
    After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

    Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Prabhavathi Patil, Nov 11, 2021
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  4. Toothless Win User

    Whole folder vanished

    Vanishing wireless card!

    Then I may have to get one. Any suggestions on a specific card?

    Do note that this "vanishing card" has NEVER happened before until I got my netbook back up and running about 6-8 months of no usage.
     
    Toothless, Nov 11, 2021
    #4
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