All my personal files got deleted :'( ~~for no reason~~ | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:35 PM

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the only file available is a ghostwriter file i made before uninstalling it

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btw there is missing the music and pictures folders

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:36 PM

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what's ghostwriter anyway?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:36 PM

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a distraction-free editor

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:37 PM

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show a pic of the linux Mint DISKS application, which the drive which you believe the pictures and music were on

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(gnome-disks)

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:38 PM

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but somewhy there is no reducted file size

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maybe they're hidden lemme check

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:38 PM

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show it plz

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possible you dragged the music and pics folder into another folder with a bad mouse drag move

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:39 PM

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fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:40 PM

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what file manager is that?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:40 PM

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caja

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:41 PM

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erase the last name in the address bar

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just put /home and press enter

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:41 PM

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this is my home folder

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:41 PM

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get rid of ur name from the address bar

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:41 PM

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fallen oxide just put /home and press enter

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then do ctrl-F and search Pictures

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:43 PM

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I also tried searching Imagenes but it was unsuccesful

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not only that

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my downloads folder and my documents folder are clean

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:44 PM

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hm

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u mean empty

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:44 PM

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The only file in documents is a ghostwriter demo file i made before uninstalling it

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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did u recently try to restore a Timeshift snapshot, and had told it to restore home?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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I never did such a thing D:

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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ok

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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sadpepe

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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were the pictures mostly jpg?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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idk

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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or png?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:46 PM

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this whole situation is very specific and weird

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:46 PM

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cuz from /home do ctrl-F again and search *.jpg

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if u say the available free space hasn't changed, then the files got moved.

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:47 PM

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i also tried using catfish but no results

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:48 PM

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do you remember the name of one of the documents? (exact first few letters - eg : Essay)

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:48 PM

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apparently it was moved to /usr/ lmao

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:48 PM

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cuz you could put caja to root folder (/) and do a ctrl-F and search Essay* as an example

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yeah dont rename stuff or use the mv command in terminal ok

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use the file manager for those operations from now on

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:49 PM

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ok thx

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:50 PM

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did u find ur Music too?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:50 PM

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yeah

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:50 PM

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so to move them back, use the command sudo caja and then cut n paste them back.

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:51 PM

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thank you :)

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the only issue is

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 4:58 PM

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?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 4:58 PM

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the images, music and videos folders are not in computer category

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uhhh

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how do i fix this

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:01 PM

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oh i see

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but they are indeed back to /home/matias/ yes?

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:01 PM

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yes

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not only that

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:02 PM

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i think some xdg command thing can reset that

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:02 PM

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these folders dont have their respective icons

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:02 PM

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fallen oxide i think some xdg command thing can reset that

what is xdg

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:02 PM

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still, backup your stuff to an external drive before trying anything risky

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it's some linux core command that has to do with the GUI

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:03 PM

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and what's the command

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:03 PM

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idk

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backup ur stuff first

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:03 PM

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queen widget these folders dont have their respective icons

yeah this is related to the xdg reset thing

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idk how that got caused in the first place, to have them moved to /usr/

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:05 PM

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fallen oxide yeah dont rename stuff or use the mv command in terminal ok

this

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All my personal files got deleted :'( ~~for no reason~~

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:07 PM

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fallen oxide i think some xdg command thing can reset that

xdg-user-dirs-update?

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oh wait

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:08 PM

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perhaps. if that's what your research details

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:08 PM

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~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:08 PM

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that is just a path

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:09 PM

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on the file there was
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"

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and i modified it to match my folders

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maybe it was resetted

fallen oxide Mar 15, 2025, 5:10 PM

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i think the user dirs update command would work but if u fixed it, good

queen widget Mar 15, 2025, 5:11 PM

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i restarted the system and it got fixed

#All my personal files got deleted :'( ~~for no reason~~

#All my personal files got deleted :'( for no reason