| Sooner or later you'll need to undelete a file that you |
| mistakenly sent to the Recycle Bin. There are probably quite a |
| few files and folders residing there, so how do you find the one |
| you want to return to its previous location on your hard drive? |
| Here are a few methods you can employ, depending on certain file |
| criteria. First, open the Recycle Bin. |
| If you know when you got rid of the file, one method you can use |
| to locate the missing file is to switch to Detail view (choose |
| View | Details) and then sort the files by the date you moved |
| them to the Recycle Bin. You can do this by clicking on the Date |
| Deleted column heading. If you're looking for a graphic file, you |
| can switch to Thumbnail view (choose View | Thumbnails). Most |
| graphics will preview this way, and you can be sure to identify |
| and restore the right file quickly and easily. |
| But what if you're looking to recover an entire folder from the |
| Recycle Bin and you can't remember its name, but you do remember |
| what files it contains? Simply hover your mouse pointer over the |
| folder in the Recycle Bin. A popup message alerts you to the |
| names of the first few files in the folder, as well as the |
| original location and the total folder size. This is a lot easier |
| than restoring each folder, checking it, and then deleting it |
| again until you find the right one. |
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