Bookmarks bar - folder question

I seem to have accidently deleted a folder from my bookmarks bar. Is there any way to find it??
Also, is there any way to 'lock' the book marks bar so that I can accidently click and delete a folder again?
Thanks.

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When you delete a folder from the bookmarks.plist file, regardless of the collections group (in this case your Bookmarks Bar), it's unfortunately gone. Also, these folders cannot be "locked".
Also, there is no easy way to "search" for the bookmarks in Safari Panther. That feature came along in Safari Tiger via the Spotlight panel. If you open the Bookmarks.plist file in BBEdit (ought to occur by default), you can open a find panel (command key + F), then type the name of a bookmark or folder in the panel. If it's still in the file, it will show up in the search.
With that said, do you have on any form of external media a copy of the Bookmarks.plist file found in the Safari folder? Or any Bookmark file for another browser, which might have the same folder? If you do, then you can import the file back into Safari. If you have a copy, let me know if you need help with the import.
While I have backup on an external drive (back up every few days or so), I acquired the habit of going to my Safari folder in the Library at the beginning of the day and making a copy of my Safari bookmarks file (Apple Key + D), removing the previous day's copy. A while back I lost a bunch of bookmarks, which served as an incentive for this habit. Access to the folder is easy as I have the folder on my Finder's sidebar.
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