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When I tried to delete a folder, Windows 10 instead deleted the Parent folder of the folder I tried to delete.
I think I mouse clicked on the folder I wanted, right clicked, and chose "delete". Perhaps, I selected the file and then hit the delete key on the keyboard. However I selected "delete", a message popped up saying that the file size was too large for the Recycle Bin, and did I want to bypass it and permanently delete the file? I clicked "yes".....without looking at the name of the file to be deleted. Perhaps it said the file I wanted. Perhaps it said the name of the parent file. I didn't check. I just deleted. A message popped up telling me Windows was currently deleting the parent file - not the file I had selected. I tried to stop this, but I was unsuccessful.
This is a (relatively) new installation of Windows 10. I had not activated Restore Points or File History. I had no backups.
I realize my mistakes and will work hard for this not to happen in the future.
I searched around for a solution. I found people discussing this issue in Windows 7:
- I also am pretty sure that I did have the Parent folder selected. I was deleting a folder within a folder the same way I have always done in the past on other computers.
- The last posts in this thread had someone commenting that the issue was still not fixed in Windows 10
- This, I think is about the issue in Windows 10. Maybe I am wrong. I didn't see a solution but some good advice on how to prevent the issue from happening.
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This is the second time on my newly built computer that I have deleted a Parent Folder but thought I was deleting a sub folder in the tree. I have been using Windows since Windows 95 and have gone through all editions including Windows 10 on other computers. I have never experienced this issue before on any other computer. I can't understand why it happened. There must be something wrong with my version of Windows 10....or the way it interacts with my computer. My bad is that I did not have Restore Points activated, and I had not backed up. Now, I am trying to get back my Parent File.
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I make hidden files viewable. I made system files viewable so that I could see the recycle.bin file of my external HD. My deleted file in neither in computer recycle bin (of course) nor in my external HD recycle.bin. I have run searches of the name of some of the deleted files. I ran Easus. Though Easeus did find deleted files, it did not find my deleted Parent file or any of the files within. I ran Recuva and searched for Movie and Video files (as that was what was in my deleted Parent file. No luck, but I am running it again. Recuva takes a looonngg time to run.
I tried CHKDSK, but I ran into problems reading the drive. I'll work on that.
I am not using the external drive except to run these recovery searches. The deleted files should still be there as I have not overwritten them. I just can't find them.
What do I need to do next and why do you think I have experienced this issue twice on my computer when I have never had the issue before on any other computer? Could it be a hardware problem like my motherboard or mouse?
Thank you
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I think I mouse clicked on the folder I wanted, right clicked, and chose "delete". Perhaps, I selected the file and then hit the delete key on the keyboard. However I selected "delete", a message popped up saying that the file size was too large for the Recycle Bin, and did I want to bypass it and permanently delete the file? I clicked "yes".....without looking at the name of the file to be deleted. Perhaps it said the file I wanted. Perhaps it said the name of the parent file. I didn't check. I just deleted. A message popped up telling me Windows was currently deleting the parent file - not the file I had selected. I tried to stop this, but I was unsuccessful.
This is a (relatively) new installation of Windows 10. I had not activated Restore Points or File History. I had no backups.
I realize my mistakes and will work hard for this not to happen in the future.
I searched around for a solution. I found people discussing this issue in Windows 7:
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- I also am pretty sure that I did have the Parent folder selected. I was deleting a folder within a folder the same way I have always done in the past on other computers.
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answers.microsoft.com
- The last posts in this thread had someone commenting that the issue was still not fixed in Windows 10
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answers.microsoft.com
- This, I think is about the issue in Windows 10. Maybe I am wrong. I didn't see a solution but some good advice on how to prevent the issue from happening.
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This is the second time on my newly built computer that I have deleted a Parent Folder but thought I was deleting a sub folder in the tree. I have been using Windows since Windows 95 and have gone through all editions including Windows 10 on other computers. I have never experienced this issue before on any other computer. I can't understand why it happened. There must be something wrong with my version of Windows 10....or the way it interacts with my computer. My bad is that I did not have Restore Points activated, and I had not backed up. Now, I am trying to get back my Parent File.
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I make hidden files viewable. I made system files viewable so that I could see the recycle.bin file of my external HD. My deleted file in neither in computer recycle bin (of course) nor in my external HD recycle.bin. I have run searches of the name of some of the deleted files. I ran Easus. Though Easeus did find deleted files, it did not find my deleted Parent file or any of the files within. I ran Recuva and searched for Movie and Video files (as that was what was in my deleted Parent file. No luck, but I am running it again. Recuva takes a looonngg time to run.
I tried CHKDSK, but I ran into problems reading the drive. I'll work on that.
I am not using the external drive except to run these recovery searches. The deleted files should still be there as I have not overwritten them. I just can't find them.
What do I need to do next and why do you think I have experienced this issue twice on my computer when I have never had the issue before on any other computer? Could it be a hardware problem like my motherboard or mouse?
Thank you
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