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Lisa M.47's avatar
Lisa M.47
New member | Level 1
10 years ago
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Files are deleting themselves?? Why??

I keep seeing advisements pop up of files being deleted, but I am not deleting them.
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    Recover one of the deleted files and then look at the previous version history for it. It will show you which account/device was used to delete it. That's where you need to look.
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Robert S.
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10 years ago

A little service could go a long way on this issue.
 
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