# How to find a folder you've 'misplaced'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-folder-youve-misplaced/810356>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-folder-youve-misplaced/810356 "2018-03-10T20:27:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-folder-youve-misplaced/810356/41 "2018-03-12T20:27:23Z")

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> [@StarvingButStrong](#):
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> True.
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> But admit that at no point did I accuse Windows of having caused the problem. I knew the file relocation was because of some mistake _I_ had made, and was only looking for a program that would help me if/when I did something similar again in the future.

Fair enough. I guess it’s true that putting things in their proper place doesn’t prevent misplacement by accidental dragging, although on a properly indexed system, moving things around doesn’t stop them working.

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**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-folder-youve-misplaced/810356/42 "2018-03-12T20:31:42Z")

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For some reason when I read this I thought it said "How to find a toddler you’ve ‘misplaced’

Wondered if you needed the answer fast.

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