Deleted folders and files

How do I retrieve imported Windows Live Mail storage folders and files deleted during Windows Refresh?

Hi Torsten,
I've actually seen that article before and followed some of the instructions but I think SCCM 2012 SP1 introduced the capability for SCCM to automatically delete files so you don't need to run the script (which I couldn't use anyways since I'm not running
on Windows Server 2012).
I've reviewed the wsyncmgr.log file and I can see it showing that it is removing some items so I know the automatic clean up is working.
My issue is that I've got folders and files on my distribution drive that have updates in them that are listed as not downloaded or deployed in SCCM. For example, a while back (late 2012) I download and deployed a lot of the "Critical
Updates" and put them into an update group and a deployment package. But I've since deleted both this update group and deployment package from SCCM but the folder used by the deployment package and it's contents are still on the drive.
These are the things I'm trying to clean up.
Is it safe to just delete this folder and it's contents from the drive?
Thanks
Nick

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How to delete Folders and Files older than 10 day ?

If I use this below command, I am able to delete only the files and files in sub-folders older than 10 day,
forfiles /p "D:\Testing\Sample" /s /d -10 /c "cmd /c del /s /q @file"
Please help...
Thanks

Hello Raman459,
please see this blog entry:
http://elderec.org/2012/02/scripting-delete-files-and-folders-older-than-x-days/
Your command is ok for files, for folders you need to do another command:
forfiles -p "D:\Testing\Sample" -d -10 -c "cmd /c IF @isdir == TRUE rd /S /Q @path"
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Not to insult ... this is presented as it is to be sure all facts are given ...
There are two levels to disk formatting:
Disk-level
Partition-level
Disk-level, which defines how "partitions" are organized. There are two disk-level formats you need to be aware of for Mac:
MBR (Master Boot Record), which is used by Windows systems. This is the one you most likely have on your existing disk.
GUID is used by Mac.
Your MBR disk can be left at MBR, in my opinion. It is likely at least 2 years old, and any backup disks you buy for Mac-backups should be new, in my opinion.
Within a disk, there are "partitions", with different formats:
Windows uses a method called NTFS. It has in the past used FAT, FAT32, but both are replaced by NTFS for most systems now.
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Microsoft has a patent on NTFS and only grudgingly allows other computers to even read the disks. Technically anyone could red it, but Microsoft may at anytime pull the plug and sue any "entity" or operating that tries to read it.
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Buy new disks for backing up your new Mac system. Make them self-powered, already formated for Mac. Buy new snice backups need to be on reliable hardware.
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Deleting folders and files

I seem to have acquired a Windows Media Player application and folder (I forget now how that happened it was so long ago). When I put the folder into trash and try to delete trash, I get the message "the operation cannot be completed because the item 'wmphelp.htm' is locked." Then a whole series of other items appear to be locked: "windowshade.gif" "whatsnew.htm" etc. So whenever I want to delete the trash, I first have to take Windows Media Player out, empty the trash, then put the application back in the trash (where it has sat for two years now).
I can highlight both the folder and its program under "Get Info" and neither one appear to be locked. I also appear to have read/write access to the program under "More info..." But clearly, files in the folder or application are locked (which I cannot see or get to in order to unlock). How do I get rid of this Bill Gates-inspired albatross once and for all?
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How to recover lost folders and files - Pls help, help...

Some days ago I lost all of my 15 GB folders and files that stored in my Macbook Pro hard drive called DATA. I brought my Macbook pro to an experienced computer tecnicians who providing data recovery services. To his and my suprise, after checking, scanning it a few hours, he said their is no way to recover because he did not find any trails at all. The computer still seems working properly - I have no problem with any applications. There are few other folders in the DATA hard disk containing pictures, computer programs still remain. These lost folders and files contain mainly documents (word, excel, power point, pdf etc) which I accumulated in my many years working !!!!. I did not make a back up since last September partly because I think Mac is very safe.
The computer with me all the time on that day and only my son used Power Point to make a simple presentation on that evening - he can not save it on the folders the he normally use - All the folders and files are gone.
I will appreciate it very much if any of you can tell me what would be the possible causes and more importanly how to recover the lost folders and files. They are very very valuable to me.
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Loimekong from Vietnam
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First, did the data actually get deleted, or is it still there somewhere? Try searching the drive for some of the documents, perhaps it's all just in another folder on that drive.
If it's truly gone, it's impossible for us to say what might have happened to make it unrecoverable. Perhaps someone using the computer used Secure Empty Trash, or securely erased empty space on the hard drive. Perhaps it was overwritten by other stuff before you noticed. It's possible the hard drive is starting to fail, though this seems like an awfully specific problem for that to be the issue.
Or perhaps the tech you took the computer to didn't know what he was doing. Why not try recovering what you can on your own? See Recovering deleted files.
You should be aware that no computer is safe. All computers rely on hardware that may fail and software that can have bugs. You absolutely MUST maintain a good set of frequently-updated backups... no fewer than two full backups of anything you don't want to lose.
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Every time I right click on an image and select Download image Firefox crashes . I have reinstalled; uninstalled and deleted folders and then reinstalled; added

Every time I right click on an image and select Download image Firefox crashes . I have reinstalled; uninstalled and deleted folders and then reinstalled; added no plugins; checked I can DL the same images in IE-works good.I use Win7 pro and it works in other profiles in Windows 7. I created a new profile in Windows and that worked for about 2 months and now that has gone the same way as my admin profile has done. I deleted the sqlite download file-still same prob..Please help. I use Firefox 13.0.1

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Do you also crash if you save from here:
right-click page > View Page Info > Media tab > (select image) > Save As
I assume you have seen this article and tried these things: [[What to do if you can't download or save files]].
Have you tried the new Reset feature in Firefox 13? This duplicates certain key data from your active settings folder into a new one, bypassing some add-ons and custom settings. Your plugins will still be active, but could be disabled manually if you like.
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Unable to rename folders and files on SharePoint mapped drive.

I just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 and have mapped a drive to my SharePoint "Shared Documents" folder. I am able to open, save, and delete files and folders. However, I am unable to rename files and folders. No matter how long of
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Did some more testing. From my mapped drive, I can create new folders and files, and delete them. I created a folder in Windows Explorer, when I tried to give a name it gave me the above error and saved the folder as "New Folder". No matter when
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On Mac OS X Lion i'm setting the permission for a share point to a user. under "Write" submenu when i uncheck the two checkboxes "Delete" and "Delete Subfolders and file" so that the user won't be able to delete data from the server. the issue is that with this setting the user won't be able to create folders and subfolders and also rename.
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MY system folder, including hidden folders are littered with duplicate folders and files with the suffix (from old Mac) How do I remove them

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Formatted HD, but have backup of all the folders and files of Firefox. How can I restore everything, including plugins, bookmarks and saved settings?

I have formatted my computer's HD because of a problem with Windows 7, the thing is that Windows 7 didn't start, so I couldn't backup my Firefox settings, bookmarks, plugins, themes, personas and etc. the right way.
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* [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles Backup and Restore information from Firefox Profiles]
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With my taking any action, my folders and files no longer appear under documents (under Places). Now a folder titled Documents has appeared on my desktop with all my files and folders. What happened?What happened?

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How do I download all my photos onto an external hard drive intact without loosing iPhoto's features, important info and details? I need to delete pictures and files to make room in My mac's memory which is currently full.
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So you want to move the iPhoto Library?
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