Hi folks.
So I had to force restart my laptop when a game (...Zoo Tycoon Marine Animals) crashed and wouldn't let me close out. When I restarted my computer, I noticed that a folder on my desktop (Ironically named Folders) was gone. The other icons and folders on the desktop were still there. Here's a list of things that I have tried:
-Looked in the Recycle bin... Nothing.
-Checked the "Show Hidden" feature, and nothing changed.
-Tried using the search feature to look up both the folder itself as well as individual documents within the folder... "No results were found".
-Re-booted my laptop, to no avail.
-Went in through Word to see if I could access any of my documents that were there.... "The directory name is not valid" when I clicked on a file that had been in Folders.
-Restored my computer to a day ago, when the folder was still there... Nothing.
-Opened the cmd.exe and looked through the TREE command to see if the folder had ever existed... Got confused when a notepad file opened up and I had no clue what to do. [ ex: c:\ /a > 0 & start notepad 0 ]
-Looked at the properties on the desktop... Showed the amount of files there SHOULD be with the missing folder... But no folder.
-Attempted to use the File Restore through Windows.... which failed because I had never turned it on.
I am absolutely at my wits end... This has all of my research saved for my dissertation and my papers for graduation in December. What gives?!
So I had to force restart my laptop when a game (...Zoo Tycoon Marine Animals) crashed and wouldn't let me close out. When I restarted my computer, I noticed that a folder on my desktop (Ironically named Folders) was gone. The other icons and folders on the desktop were still there. Here's a list of things that I have tried:
-Looked in the Recycle bin... Nothing.
-Checked the "Show Hidden" feature, and nothing changed.
-Tried using the search feature to look up both the folder itself as well as individual documents within the folder... "No results were found".
-Re-booted my laptop, to no avail.
-Went in through Word to see if I could access any of my documents that were there.... "The directory name is not valid" when I clicked on a file that had been in Folders.
-Restored my computer to a day ago, when the folder was still there... Nothing.
-Opened the cmd.exe and looked through the TREE command to see if the folder had ever existed... Got confused when a notepad file opened up and I had no clue what to do. [ ex: c:\ /a > 0 & start notepad 0 ]
-Looked at the properties on the desktop... Showed the amount of files there SHOULD be with the missing folder... But no folder.
-Attempted to use the File Restore through Windows.... which failed because I had never turned it on.
I am absolutely at my wits end... This has all of my research saved for my dissertation and my papers for graduation in December. What gives?!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 8.1