accidental delete

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i accidentally selected all the stuff in the downloads folder of my win 7 computer. as it seems nothing has been deleted, as i cancelled it when the "preparing to delete/recycle" box was on display. Now i cant remember whether it was shift+del or just del. I am worried that some stuff has been deleted. but it doesn't seem so. i am worried. i am sorry. but can someone tell me a way to check whether something has been deleted or not? is there some log or something in windows that keeps records of changes made to folders? please help.

^^ there's no such way if you can't remember the folder contents or at-lesat the total size - next time use a sync/backup app and if you want you can scan the drive using Recuva - it will show all of your deletd files and if possible recover them.

Make sure you recover them as soon as possible[Recuva will be very easy for you. , plus its free]. Chances of recovery gets lesser on usage of HDD.

Recuva but then it sometimes does not recover all the lost data..

+1 for Recuva [ Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download ]

Even if you can't recover, at least you get to know what you have to download again

If you really want to use recuva do it now. The recovered data will have higher chance of being corrupt if you delay