On 08 Jul 2003 18:29:55 -0500 John Rosich <jrosich@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I had about 200 '.zip' files and folders (25GB of data) in a desktop > folder. Included were text, png/jpg, doc, midi, pdf and similar work > product files. > > The system was shut down last night. In clicking the folder to open it > this morning, it disappeared from the desktop and can't be found. I > moved in and out of it in the past without any problems. > > Using RedHat 9 (updated with latest RHN changes), KDE 3.1.2 and ALSA > sound drivers. > > What happened? How do I recover this folder? > > TIA > > -John- Hello, John :) I don't know if this is exactly what happened to you, but two times I had the contents (not the folder itself) of a folder dissapear for no apparent reason. The first time I didn't figure out what happened at the time (I figured it out later), but the second time, I was looking at the folder that had contained the data that I just told you had dissapeared, and I discovered that I did not have execute priveledges for that folder. So I gave myself execute priveledges for that directory, and everything popped right back :) Just to make sure I just tried an experiment, and I took away execute priveledges from a folder, and refreshed Konqueror, and the data dissapeared! Then I gave myself execute priveledges again, and refreshed Konqueror, and everythin reappeared. That may not help you, but your problem sure sounded similar to mine. Steven P. Ulrick
