Missing file

[faceofevil]

Hi,



I'm completely new to Access and would appreciate some insight into what I have accidently done!

I copied (not 'cut' or 'drag dropped') an Access file from my desktop onto my USB, renamed it, erased all the data that was in it and put it back on the desktop in a new folder. But somehow the original has completely disappeared. it does not come up in any search and if I try to create a new folder on the desktop with the same name, the message comes up that a folder by that name already exists. If so, why can I not see it???

It had more than 500 records on it, and if I don't find it, I will have to do everything all over again. So I would appreciate if someone can shed some light this problem.

[HiTechCoach]

Have you tried restoring from a daily backup?

The folder may have been mark as hidden. Try trying on the display of hidden and system files in the Windows Explorer's Folder Options.

[ajetrumpet]

face,

in addition to Boyd's information, I had this problem for the longest time with control panel shortcuts stored in my system32 folder for ease of access. I can't remember how I made them visible again, but I 'think' I pushed the "restore defaults" button in the 'folder options' dialog. You can get to the dialog via the CP screens.

Also, take a look here: http://www.pctools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36172

The solution there I really don't understand, but what the responder is doing for the OP is taking out two attributes for the files in the c:\windows dir. You may try doing the same thing for your machine, but of course there's always a risk if you don't know what you're doing.

I tested this out on my 'windows' folder and nothing really happened, but I had the settings applied before opening DOS. I typed this in:

cd c:\windows

attrib -s -h c:\windows

If all else fails, you might try doing that for your desktop directory. With my shortcuts problem way back when, I got the same error message you are getting now when I tried to copy replacement shortcuts in. If you do try that, make sure and make a backup of your DT directory beforehand, and there really shouldn't be any risk to you.

One other thing too...isn't the default behavior for drag and drop a move command instead of a copy? It always is for me. Are you sure, if that's what you did, that you didn't actually move it accidentally? The error message about the dir would still popup, regardless of whether the mdb was inside or not.