Question

Hi.... don't know why but I deleted the "my music" folder from my documents. Its not in the recycling bin. I didn't have anything in it as yet. Any suggestions how to get the folder back?
Many thanks. Amanda

Answer 1

How to find your Music folder:

http://www.vistaclues.com/my-picture...e-did-they-go/

Follow these instructions to add it to your Favorites:

http://www.vistaclues.com/add-favori...s-in-explorer/

Answer 2

Amanda, you wrote:

I deleted the "my music" folder from my documents. Its not in the recycling bin.

You also say that you have Windows 7. This strikes me as a bit odd, as the "My Music" folder is not in the "My Documents" folder, but at the same level. In other words, assuming that your Windows username is amanda, then you should see two folders with the path:

C:\Users\amanda\Music

C:\Users\amanda\Documents

I suspect that what you've actually done is to remove the "My Music" entry from the Libraries hierarchy in the Windows Explorer. This doesn't put any folders into the Recycle Bin, it just deletes the entry from the Libraries.

To put it back, just right-click on the Music library icon, choose Properties, and in the Properties window click the "Include a folder..." button to include C:\Users\amanda\Music back into the Library view.

Answer 3

Maybe you did not delete it but moved it into a different folder?

Answer 4

Does the folder still exist at the location C:\Users\username\Music? If not, create a new folder at that location.

Answer 5

I did the same thing (I think) I was trying to relocate my "My Music" folder from my C:\Users folder to my D: partition (Why? Well, I've got a LOT of music and only the D: partition is big enough for it all). However, something went wrong, now I don't have a My Music folder special folder in C:\Users\MyName, instead it appears as though my D: partition has become the "My Music" folder. If this makes any sense to anyone and if anyone has a way to simply resolve this little problem, I would love to hear from you. Thanks...

Answer 6

You can skip the Recycling Bin when deleting something by holding Shift before hitting Delete.

But I've actually had a similar experience with Vista HP 64-bit, where my Videos folder just completely disappeared without warning and opened up 80GB on my hard drive.

You're lucky you just lost your Music folder. Losing the Videos folder really sucked.