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OH NO!!!! I accidentally deleted a file by cut + pasting :(
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:56 pm
by Luke
I just went into an application I was working on... then I selected a folder, then I cut it and then went to paste that folder into another directory and it said "the source file does not exist". So I go back and sure enough, the file I cut is not there... nor is it in my clipboard apparently. What in the world could have happened to it?? Is there any chance of retrieving it?
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:31 pm
by volka
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:Is there any chance of retrieving it?
probably depends on your os and file system.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:46 pm
by Luke
Yea, I've come to the conclusion that I'm screwed. Luckily the files I accidentally deleted weren't all that time-consuming. Just brain-damage to create. Oh well... I'll suck it up and recreate them.

Thanks anyway.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:40 pm
by superdezign
That's what Ctrl+Z is for. It can undo cutting (Too late, now).
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:45 pm
by Luke
That's the first thing I did... it didn't work. It may have been too late. Does that work after you've already changed directories? I know I did it because I always do that when I changed my mind about pasting.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:52 pm
by superdezign
Probably not. I always have multiple instances of Windows Explorer open when I do copying and pasting.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:06 am
by n00b Saibot
Windows Explorer is the interface you work on right from Desktop to each file dialog etc... so wherever you do cut or copy or rename or move... all is reversible from any location... and Cut *does not*
- remove the file from its current location
- place it into clipboard (just the link)
until you paste it somewhere... and a cut can be canceled simply by Esc.. that's what this key is for on keyboard isn't it?
Only bug I've found is while moving file around in a network...
I've lost files like that.. but while working in Macromedia products...
Open a file from Network and next time you save it.. its corrupted and you can't save the open file *anywhere*... its foobared...
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:19 am
by Luke
Ah, yes it was over a network. I feel your pain with the macromedia products. I've lost countless amounts of data because of dreamweave (which I no longer use).
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:22 am
by n00b Saibot
Bingo!
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:02 am
by superdezign
Dreamweaver used to do all kinds of strange things to my file system, and stop me from opening certain files until I restarted my computer. Oh, the frustration.
