Folder on desktop disappeared and no longer exists!

[NuMackUsr]

Hi, thanks. I don't know what I could have done to make this happen; I was typing, it became unresponsive, it came back and the folder apparently was gone. I'm entirely perplexed.

My version of Word is "Word for Mac 2011, v. 14.1.4".

This could vary well be a bug with office 2011. I can't Speak much about the causes as i have not used Microsoft Office with the exception of Office 2004.

The folder could somehow ended up hidden. Try setting the OS to view hidden files and folders.

[chevy]

Did your folder name start with a "." ?

[MisterMe]

Hi, thanks. I don't know what I could have done to make this happen; I was typing, it became unresponsive, it came back and the folder apparently was gone. I'm entirely perplexed.

My version of Word is "Word for Mac 2011, v. 14.1.4".

No version of Word has ever been reported to make folders disappear. This will conceivably be possible in Mountain Lion, but you are running Lion. If you want help, then you need to share relevant information about the folder:

• How was the folder created?
• Was the folder always on your Desktop or did you move it there?
• How old was the folder?
• Of the files in the folder, did you have files saved directly to the folder, moved there from another location, or both?
• This is not about the folder, but has the computer ever before been unresponsive like this?
• If so, then what happened?

[bertoneski]

The same has just happened to me.

I have been using Apple Macs since 1987 and so don't consider my self to be a newbie.

I was working in After Affects which crashed - I restarted the Mac and when I looked the one folder that had the project files / footage / images had completely disappeared destroying 2 days work. I am now in the process of using Disk Drill to try and find the missing files.

Believe me this is a genuine problem - and definitely not user error!

[MisterMe]

Refer to Post No. 11 immediately before your Post No. 12. Substitute After Effects for Word.

[bertoneski]

I created the folder on monday morning - right clicking on desktop and creating one.
The folder was always there for two days.
Some files were saved directly and others dragged and dropped there from other sources.
After Effects slowed and crashed whilst using a Plugin called Plexus.
I restarted the computer and the folder had just completely disapeared.

What is even more peculiar is this fact - I have been unable to recover anything from that folder. What I did recover where the Auto-saves of the project - which must be held somewhere else on the drive.

[MisterMe]

Two questions:

1. Do you leave the folder on the Desktop where you created it?
2. Was your Desktop on your boot drive/partition?

[jbarley]

The more obvious question here would be,
seeing as you say the folder has been around for at least 2 days, do you have a backup?
Or would that just make things too easy?