Solved Where have my documents gone

[donnie1]

I've just upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7. I'm using Synch Back to back up folders. Synch back does not seem to recognise "my Pictures" , "My Documents" , and "my Music" to have anything in them , even though they have Gigabytes - are they stored under some other name , but displayed as the old names ? never had this problem with Vista or XP - I assume this is something to do with the so called library , but really don't understand the help file supplied with the library.
Also , while trying to figure out what was going on , under the "my Documents" folder I noticed it said "2 locations" - so I deleted 1 and all my documents have vanished ( gone in less than a second - about 20 Gigabytes) - they're not in the recycle bin , and can't be found doing a search - where are they.

 

[logicearth]

Libraries is just a view, it doesn't hold any files. It takes multiple locations and merges them into a single view.
The Document/Pictures/etc folders are still where they have been: C:\Users\[username]

 

[mikedl]

Also , while trying to figure out what was going on , under the "my Documents" folder I noticed it said "2 locations" - so I deleted 1 and all my documents have vanished ( gone in less than a second - about 20 Gigabytes) - they're not in the recycle bin , and can't be found doing a search - where are they.

Sorry for making your text bold, donnie, I just wanted to emphasize the portion of your text I'm addressing; Did you delete or remove it? Which one?

 

[donnie1]

Thanks for your help

I've found them , I had removed them to "public documents" - what I don't understand though , is why can't the search function find any of them ie I type in the name of one of the many folders when they have been removed from "my documents" , and it cannot find them

 

[mikedl]

donnie, when you perform a search for a file name (or a folder name), preface the name of the file with the search filter "Name:" (without the quotes) as in "Name:[folder-file name]" (again, without the quotes) with [folder-file name] being the name of the file or folder you are searching to find. See more here.

To search by only filename, prefix your search with name:, followed by the word or words you wish to find. It’s so simple, yet so user-unfriendly. I think I’ll get back to scratching my head about this one.

 

[donnie1]

Thanks

Thanks , now that works , I can find missing folders now

 

[mikedl]

Thanks , now that works , I can find missing folders now

Wonderful! You'll be a pro before you know it and helping others in short order.