1978CC Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I deleted my entire downloads folder by accident, can anyone explain to me how to recover the files? Please, help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted October 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hi 1978CC, and welcome to the forum. First thing, use the drive in way of writing to it as little as possible, preferably not at all until you hopefully get your folder and files back. Second thing, have you looked in the "Trash" folder? Maybe it's still in there. Thirdly, are you sure that you've deleted the folder and not just the shortcut from the dock? I know that seems obvious, but sometimes the obvious is missed. Have you looked in the actual location where the Downloads folder resides? I don't have a Mac, so I don't actually know as to whether it has a System Restore like Windows, or whether said System Restore would restore your "Downloads" folder. Check that out until one of our few Mac users can maybe clear that one up. At the moment the only free recovery software I know about for the Mac is "PhotoRec" and it's sister program "TestDisk" ... http://www.cgsecurit...g/wiki/PhotoRec Both programs come in the same download. Hope that helps for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_89 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Thanks moderator, Some of the additions by your permission 1) right click the folder > restore to previous version> choose the latest update version folder> click restore 2) Go to start menu> type history> search for file/folder else type on the bar> restore the file 3)use third party tools hope these resolves your issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted November 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted November 3, 2018 After more than six years I don't think that he cares any more. Why do spammers tack on to such old threads? For spam this surely is, or will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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