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Old 12-08-2007   #1 (permalink)
Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)
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Script to Restore Files to their Proper Directories Urgently Neede

Well, I'd like to remind the FolderShare team that you DO have international
users who name their files using something other than basic ASCII. I am a
spanish speaker and just found that, due to the outrageous recent bug, now I
have a 700MB, 1300+ file flat folder that I have to MANUALLY RESTORE to its
original folders.

Anything less than a script to automate this process in my opinion is simply
unacceptable from Microsoft. I have to invest now many hours of valuable time
to fix this MANUALLY.

No wonder Google is getting ahead of you guys for anything Internet-related.

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Old 12-08-2007   #2 (permalink)
Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)
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RE: Script to Restore Files to their Proper Directories Urgently Neede

Sorry, for the Google comment, I was too angry after finding the consequences
of the problem.......
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Old 12-10-2007   #3 (permalink)
Robert M Freeman
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RE: Script to Restore Files to their Proper Directories Urgently Neede

I totally agree - a script is needed now. We have 1771 files we need to put
back. We also have to try and trace where they came from. It is not just
non-ascii files affected - it seems to be totally random.

"Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)" wrote:
Quote:

> Well, I'd like to remind the FolderShare team that you DO have international
> users who name their files using something other than basic ASCII. I am a
> spanish speaker and just found that, due to the outrageous recent bug, now I
> have a 700MB, 1300+ file flat folder that I have to MANUALLY RESTORE to its
> original folders.
>
> Anything less than a script to automate this process in my opinion is simply
> unacceptable from Microsoft. I have to invest now many hours of valuable time
> to fix this MANUALLY.
>
> No wonder Google is getting ahead of you guys for anything Internet-related.
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Old 12-10-2007   #4 (permalink)
Anton Katz [MSFT]
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Re: Script to Restore Files to their Proper Directories Urgently Neede

Robert,
Could you please elaborate on 'random'? Any chance you can provide an
example of a file deleted that did not have any special characters in its
filename?

Thanks,
Anton


"Robert M Freeman" <Robert M Freeman@xxxxxx> wrote in
message newsD0276E5-9453-41A3-BBAE-7281E71BC747@xxxxxx
Quote:

> I totally agree - a script is needed now. We have 1771 files we need to
> put
> back. We also have to try and trace where they came from. It is not just
> non-ascii files affected - it seems to be totally random.
>
> "Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Well, I'd like to remind the FolderShare team that you DO have
>> international
>> users who name their files using something other than basic ASCII. I am a
>> spanish speaker and just found that, due to the outrageous recent bug,
>> now I
>> have a 700MB, 1300+ file flat folder that I have to MANUALLY RESTORE to
>> its
>> original folders.
>>
>> Anything less than a script to automate this process in my opinion is
>> simply
>> unacceptable from Microsoft. I have to invest now many hours of valuable
>> time
>> to fix this MANUALLY.
>>
>> No wonder Google is getting ahead of you guys for anything
>> Internet-related.
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Old 12-10-2007   #5 (permalink)
Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)
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RE: Script to Restore Files to their Proper Directories Urgently N

Hi Robert,

While I wait for a definitive solution I just copied all the files from the
Foldershare trash to a flat folder inside my Documents folder to let Windows
Vista index it for search. I have gotten used to the search function in Vista
to find files.

Its a stop-gap measure only.

"Robert M Freeman" wrote:
Quote:

> I totally agree - a script is needed now. We have 1771 files we need to put
> back. We also have to try and trace where they came from. It is not just
> non-ascii files affected - it seems to be totally random.
>
> "Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)" wrote:
>
Quote:

> > Well, I'd like to remind the FolderShare team that you DO have international
> > users who name their files using something other than basic ASCII. I am a
> > spanish speaker and just found that, due to the outrageous recent bug, now I
> > have a 700MB, 1300+ file flat folder that I have to MANUALLY RESTORE to its
> > original folders.
> >
> > Anything less than a script to automate this process in my opinion is simply
> > unacceptable from Microsoft. I have to invest now many hours of valuable time
> > to fix this MANUALLY.
> >
> > No wonder Google is getting ahead of you guys for anything Internet-related.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 12-11-2007   #6 (permalink)
Acquaviva, M
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RE: Script to Restore Files to their Proper Directories Urgently N

I have the same problem and noticed that all my files containing non ASCII
caracters were sent to the trash. I have 1987 files wrongly "trashed".
I need help.
My vista is in Brazilian Portuguese.

"Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)" wrote:
Quote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> While I wait for a definitive solution I just copied all the files from the
> Foldershare trash to a flat folder inside my Documents folder to let Windows
> Vista index it for search. I have gotten used to the search function in Vista
> to find files.
>
> Its a stop-gap measure only.
>
> "Robert M Freeman" wrote:
>
Quote:

> > I totally agree - a script is needed now. We have 1771 files we need to put
> > back. We also have to try and trace where they came from. It is not just
> > non-ascii files affected - it seems to be totally random.
> >
> > "Héctor Obregón (MVP, Windows Embedded)" wrote:
> >
Quote:

> > > Well, I'd like to remind the FolderShare team that you DO have international
> > > users who name their files using something other than basic ASCII. I am a
> > > spanish speaker and just found that, due to the outrageous recent bug, now I
> > > have a 700MB, 1300+ file flat folder that I have to MANUALLY RESTORE to its
> > > original folders.
> > >
> > > Anything less than a script to automate this process in my opinion is simply
> > > unacceptable from Microsoft. I have to invest now many hours of valuable time
> > > to fix this MANUALLY.
> > >
> > > No wonder Google is getting ahead of you guys for anything Internet-related.
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