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Today, I turned on my computer (Kubuntu 21.04) and found out that the Public folder is missing. I checked the trash and nothing like this was there. When I turn on VS Code it tries to open the latest script which was in the subfolder of Public. It cannot open it but VS Code shows path:

this is what it shows

I tried to check history, but no significant changes were found there.

A friend of mine told me that the Public folder is visible for everyone connected to certain network (wifi)- i didn't know that. So my flatmates could possibly delete that, I cant believe it as both of them use Windows and I don't think the could see this folder, but I'm no expert

EDIT I tried to use testdisk software, however I find nothing that should be highlighted red, no trace of Public folder. testdisk output

Paul
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szymill00
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The Public folder is not there because it was deleted somehow.

Recreate the "Public" folder, and then have it recognized as your XDG_PUBLICSHARE folder by editing the configuration file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. Make sure there is a line that reads:

XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
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