Rename caused file deletion, maybe?
something like this...
had 3 file selected
F2 (Rename)
was appending a string to the file name
got the infamous "too long" (i think that what it was?)
3 box selection, maybe one was Abort?
selected that
next thing i know, file is gone
Undelete, not seeing it
LFN, path:len:>260, not seeing it
?
Red herring.got the infamous "too long" (i think that what it was?)
And the culprit!was appending a string to the file name
The rename mask was something like: %1
And sure enough I appended a string to it, & in the process "wiped out" the file extension(s), & so with that (& since I had a filter set for particular extensions), my files "vanished".
Then came the DUH moment, set filter to Everything, then searched for the string I had appended to the file names & like DUH. Resurrected.
Mask: %1
renamed to, Mask: %1 plus my wanted appended string
With that, files "disappeared".
Search: "plus my wanted appended string"
DUH. Sigh.
rename again, this time a bit more carefully.
Done.