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I had a folder, we'll call it Folder1, open in a Finder window, and I was going to move files to it. So, I opened up another file window, but accidentally dragged the Folder1 icon into the Images section in All My Files in the new Finder window.
Now I can't find the folder anywhere. I even did
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb && locate Folder1
to no avail. It seems to be nowhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would say restart you Mac if you have not done so in a while.
Try repairing the disk and repairing permissions in Disk Utility.
Next try deleting your Finder preferences. Your looking for a file called:
com.apple.finder.plist
Note you might want to back this file up before deleting, if you spent a lot of time configuring Finder view, etc and this turns out to not fix the issue.
This file will be located at /Users/YourUSERname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Restart and see if it happens anymore.
Try installing Onyx and use it to reset Finder related settings.
Try removing FlexiGlass if you suspect that is causing issues.
Try logging in as another user and see if the issues comes up while logged in as another user.
If all else fails, back up your stuff and reinstall Lion.
You can disable this in Finder's preferences by unchecking "Spring-loaded folders and windows":
Best Answer
I've just tried to repeat what you did, the folder ended up in the Documents folder. Instead of using
locateit might be easier to use the search functionality included in the Finder directly (or Spotlight) to look for it.