Vista - Video folder disappeared

08-03-2008

")Hi,

the video folder (the standard one under User/username) has suddenly
disappeared. The shortcut link in Windows Explorer under "favourite links" is
still there. The data also must be somewhere as the free space on my HDD
hasn't increase.
I have searched the whole drive and any folder but it's nowhere to be found.
Any help on this?

Pete

08-03-2008

Check recycle bin? Seriously, you may have accidentally deleted it.
Also, did you try to find any of the video files that were in that folder
using Advanced Search or the open file feature of the last video player that
had played one of the video files?

--
oscar

....Right click is your best friend...

"Pete" wrote:

Quote:

> ")Hi,
>
> the video folder (the standard one under User/username) has suddenly
> disappeared. The shortcut link in Windows Explorer under "favourite links" is
> still there. The data also must be somewhere as the free space on my HDD
> hasn't increase.
> I have searched the whole drive and any folder but it's nowhere to be found.
> Any help on this?
>
> Pete

08-04-2008

Click Start, type "shell:My Video" (Press ENTER).

Does the Videos folder open?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"Pete" <Pete@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:98826852-87D8-4ECE-8D37-A908EFC3EB20@xxxxxx

Quote:

> ")Hi,
>
> the video folder (the standard one under User/username) has suddenly
> disappeared. The shortcut link in Windows Explorer under "favourite links"
> is
> still there. The data also must be somewhere as the free space on my HDD
> hasn't increase.
> I have searched the whole drive and any folder but it's nowhere to be
> found.
> Any help on this?
>
> Pete

08-04-2008

oscar wrote:

Quote:

> Check recycle bin? Seriously, you may have accidentally deleted it.
> Also, did you try to find any of the video files that were in that folder
> using Advanced Search or the open file feature of the last video player that
> had played one of the video files?
>

Or he moved it? I've lost count of the number of times that I've had
nurses and admin folks call and tell me that their folder "disappeared"
and "Could you recover it from tape?"....

Typically what happens is they try to "double click" on a folder when
what they actually do is "click, move the mouse and then click", thus
dragging the folder onto the nearest folder and dropping it into that
folder. Try doing a search for the folder name....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

08-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
Pete n/a posts	Video folder disappeared ")Hi, the video folder (the standard one under User/username) has suddenly disappeared. The shortcut link in Windows Explorer under "favourite links" is still there. The data also must be somewhere as the free space on my HDD hasn't increase. I have searched the whole drive and any folder but it's nowhere to be found. Any help on this? Pete
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08-03-2008	#2 (permalink)
oscar n/a posts	RE: Video folder disappeared Check recycle bin? Seriously, you may have accidentally deleted it. Also, did you try to find any of the video files that were in that folder using Advanced Search or the open file feature of the last video player that had played one of the video files? -- oscar ....Right click is your best friend... "Pete" wrote: Quote: > ")Hi, > > the video folder (the standard one under User/username) has suddenly > disappeared. The shortcut link in Windows Explorer under "favourite links" is > still there. The data also must be somewhere as the free space on my HDD > hasn't increase. > I have searched the whole drive and any folder but it's nowhere to be found. > Any help on this? > > Pete
My System Specs

08-04-2008	#3 (permalink)
Ramesh, MS-MVP n/a posts	Re: Video folder disappeared Click Start, type "shell:My Video" (Press ENTER). Does the Videos folder open? -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "Pete" <Pete@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:98826852-87D8-4ECE-8D37-A908EFC3EB20@xxxxxx Quote: > ")Hi, > > the video folder (the standard one under User/username) has suddenly > disappeared. The shortcut link in Windows Explorer under "favourite links" > is > still there. The data also must be somewhere as the free space on my HDD > hasn't increase. > I have searched the whole drive and any folder but it's nowhere to be > found. > Any help on this? > > Pete
My System Specs

08-04-2008	#4 (permalink)
Hank Arnold (MVP) n/a posts	Re: Video folder disappeared oscar wrote: Quote: > Check recycle bin? Seriously, you may have accidentally deleted it. > Also, did you try to find any of the video files that were in that folder > using Advanced Search or the open file feature of the last video player that > had played one of the video files? > Or he moved it? I've lost count of the number of times that I've had nurses and admin folks call and tell me that their folder "disappeared" and "Could you recover it from tape?".... Typically what happens is they try to "double click" on a folder when what they actually do is "click, move the mouse and then click", thus dragging the folder onto the nearest folder and dropping it into that folder. Try doing a search for the folder name.... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
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