My documents' folders have disappeared and extracted all files.


  1. h3llt0y0
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    My documents' folders have disappeared and extracted all files.


    My girlfriend was on the computer for a bit (she isn't very tech savvy by the way) and when I came back on to open My Documents, all my folders were gone replaced by the files that were located in each and every one of these same folders. Is there a way to revert this or do i have to go through the time-consuming job of regrouping every files into new folders?

    Thanks for the help

    Tom
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Tom, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    Is this in your Documents library by chance instead?

    If so, click on View -> Arrange by -> Folder to see if that may help.

    File and Folder Arrangement - Group by - Sort by - Arrange by

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
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  4. h3llt0y0
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    Wow...and here i was, thinking it would be a big job *facepalm*

    Thanks Shawn!
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  6. Brink
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    You're most welcome. :)
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