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Spotlight can't find files I know exist
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<blockquote data-quote="davegross38" data-source="post: 1477728" data-attributes="member: 285916"><p>A little while ago I got an application called "hide folders" to keep sensitive documents with personal information from coming up in the "all my files" section in the finder. After months of perfect use, I found that the folder that was hidden was gone from the application, and I couldn't find the files in the finder.</p><p></p><p>I checked the trash and ran a file recovery program, but neither approach worked. I found that excel files would still come up in recent documents and I could access them. When I clicked "save as" from those documents it would show me the folders that were missing and the files that were in them, so I know they are still on the hard drive. The problem is I have no way of accessing them.</p><p></p><p>I've tried removing the "hide folders" app from my laptop, but still I cannot see or access these folders or any non-recent files from finder. Anyone have a possible solution?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davegross38, post: 1477728, member: 285916"] A little while ago I got an application called "hide folders" to keep sensitive documents with personal information from coming up in the "all my files" section in the finder. After months of perfect use, I found that the folder that was hidden was gone from the application, and I couldn't find the files in the finder. I checked the trash and ran a file recovery program, but neither approach worked. I found that excel files would still come up in recent documents and I could access them. When I clicked "save as" from those documents it would show me the folders that were missing and the files that were in them, so I know they are still on the hard drive. The problem is I have no way of accessing them. I've tried removing the "hide folders" app from my laptop, but still I cannot see or access these folders or any non-recent files from finder. Anyone have a possible solution? [/QUOTE]
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