Where is my lost catalog?

I was working with a group of 12 photos in my cataalog, and it went away. I tried to revive, no luck. So I tried to import the items again -- the screen would not allow it because they were already in the catalog. How can I recover???
Thank you

Can you please check if some media filter switched off accidently. This can be checked through View->Media types.
Or else you can make a new catalog through File->Manage Catalogs->New and import images in this new catalog.

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I installed a plugin, coincidence makes me thinks this might have cause a LR4.4 crash.
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