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| Thread ID: 135871 | 2013-12-21 05:28:00 | Lost Folders | Columbuslee (16989) | Press F1 |
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| 1363224 | 2013-12-21 05:28:00 | I am using Windows 7 Home Premium. I am the administrator and the only user. But somehow in playing with the directory system I have locked myself out of a number of folders. What folders I can see are blank. I do not know what I did wrong, but I would like to somehow regain control of all the folders. For some reason I can't find the simple folder of my documents that has files in it. Sometimes it will put stuff in another my documents folder that it created, and there's only one little thing. Somehow Firefox is running but I can't find the folder that Firefox is in At times I want to just start over. But there are documents in some folders that I would like to get the information out, but I can't Is there a step-by-step method to clean up the mess I've made? |
Columbuslee (16989) | ||
| 1363225 | 2013-12-21 05:57:00 | Running system restore should put back any alterations made ( and the quickest way). To run system Restore, right click Computer,Properties, on left System Protection, Restore back to before the alterations happened. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1363226 | 2013-12-24 03:14:00 | System Restore won't work. The restore point was damaged. I think that I made a big mistake in the sharing of folders. Somehow there seems to be an extra layer of folders that are all blank and the old ones are there but I just can't get them to list again. The reason I am say this is that when I was trying to correct the problem all the "hidden folders" showed up as I was trying to change the status do C: I've so screwed up the problem I can't even explain it except if I save something it says I saved it but then I can't find the new file. Does that make sense? |
Columbuslee (16989) | ||
| 1363227 | 2013-12-24 06:52:00 | Maybe boot off a linux disc & access them that way. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1363228 | 2013-12-24 09:02:00 | Download 'Everything' and run it. It is a very good indexer. Use it to tell you where any given file is. It just may help you see what the hell is happening. Good luck. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1363229 | 2013-12-24 10:25:00 | You may have somehow damaged the user profile. By default it will create a temp user folder if that happens. Have a look under C:\Users, see if its there. ( esp the hidden files and folders) Have a read of windows.microsoft.com BUT be very careful, do something wrong and you run the risk of losing everything. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1363230 | 2013-12-24 20:14:00 | In situations like this I would take a 1:1 image of the drive before proceeding with anything. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1363231 | 2013-12-24 22:22:00 | The only User is LA3346(horizontal squiggle line)1(horizontal squiggle line)KNI There are "regular" folders below but they are all blank. Does that make sense? |
Columbuslee (16989) | ||
| 1363232 | 2013-12-25 02:50:00 | The only User is LA3346(horizontal squiggle line)1(horizontal squiggle line)KNI There are "regular" folders below but they are all blank. Does that make sense? What did you do to fix it last time this happened -- Just been doing some searching and you posted the exact same thing back here a few months ago ? pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1363233 | 2013-12-26 02:39:00 | I never did get it fixed at that time. I just gave up. | Columbuslee (16989) | ||
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