deleted empty folders not easy to find back
ffaucher wroteActually, with the file backups, I don't see what's inside that kind of backup.
You can see it: right click on a backup item and choose "List backed up files".
or at least the full path (for example C:\user\my documents\videos)
Actually, I use jv16PT2011 to scan my system for empty folders. Then, from that list, I delete those folders with the Windows explorer in order to keep them in the bin at least for some time before deleting them.
- 1. Bring up the Backup Tool.
2. Select the backup line of the run that you know included the deletion of empty folders. You have to
knowsince there is no indication in the list. 3. Right click the line and choose the "Explore" action.
4. Open the
dirs.datfile with notepad.
Example:
Dirs=1
1=C:\Users\Public\Documents\sun\
is
- When a folder is not really empty, but contains
onlyone (or more?) empty file(s), the folder is chosen by PowerTools as if it were really empty.
tullik wroteYou can see the full path of deleted empty folders as follows:
- 1. Bring up the Backup Tool.
2. Select the backup line of the run that you know included the deletion of empty folders. You have to know since there is no indication in the list.
3. Right click the line and choose the "Explore" action.
4. Open the dirs.dat file with notepad.
Do you know if not showing the empty folders by 'right clicking on a file backup + list backed up files' is by design? Or should these files be listed indeed?
Leonardo wrotetullik wroteYou can see the full path of deleted empty folders as follows:
- 1. Bring up the Backup Tool.
2. Select the backup line of the run that you know included the deletion of empty folders. You have to know since there is no indication in the list.
3. Right click the line and choose the "Explore" action.
4. Open the dirs.dat file with notepad.
Do you know if not showing the empty folders by 'right clicking on a file backup + list backed up files' is by design? Or should these files be listed indeed?
I don't really know, but it's probably by design. Most users wouldn't care to reference all that detail about empty folders. The context menu "Explore" option provides an easy way for those users who do want to examine the nitty-gritty.
Although the backup description seldom makes it obvious which backups contain deleted empty folders, those few users that need to know can use File Finder to search for dirs.dat in the Backups folder. I may be wrong, but I believe the dirs.dat file is only created in a backup structure when PowerTools "thinks" it has removed empty folders.
tullik wrote.......Although the backup description seldom makes it obvious which backups contain deleted empty folders, those few users that need to know can use File Finder to search for dirs.dat in the Backups folder. I may be wrong, but I believe the dirs.dat file is only created in a backup structure when PowerTools "thinks" it has removed empty folders.
Thank you Tullik. As far as I can see (based on two simple tests) the dirs.dat seems to contain only the removed empty folders.