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Question

cut and paste

Jan 7, 2015 9:39PM PST

I tried to cut and paste my "favorites folder" to my desktop. The folder did not appear on the desktop. Now I cannot locate the folder. I took this action a couple weeks ago. The folder is not in the Recycle Bin. Is there a way to recover it?

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Restore files and folders in Windows 8
Jan 7, 2015 10:33PM PST

Hi,

May be If you need to restore files or folders, run Backup and Restore by opening Start menu (press Ctrl+Esc on your keyboard) and typing "backup" into Search box chekc this Restore files and folders and also this similar thread Favorites disappeared in windows 8 which may assist you with some idea or try with recovery software.

Hope this helps.

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symlink
Jan 7, 2015 10:56PM PST

short for symbolic link.

In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365680%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

There ar e real folders and then there are fake folders which direct one to the real folders. My Favorites is one of those. For instance, My Documents isn't a real folder. It's a symlink that you can point at any folder so it becomes "My Documents" folder. For my wife's computer her hard drive space was running low, I changed the folder the "My Documents" was using to one with more room on her second drive, yet it still showed in File Explorer as "My Documents".

You didn't lose a folder, you gained a symlink. "My Favorites" can be linked to a single folder, or to multiple folders.