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I accidentally deleted the animation.

roezakaroezaka Posts: 64
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I had a folder with animation, I moved it (animation) to another folder and deleted it. As a result, the animation that I moved opens with the error of "File does not exist". Why did this happen? Can I somehow return the animation?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344

    In Daz Studio? What was the file you moved - and AniBlock? Was it one you created yourself? Or is it a saved scene or preset you moved? From where are you opening it? We need a lot more information before we can do more than guess.

  • roezakaroezaka Posts: 64

    Richard Haseltine

    I created a walking animation. I cleaned up the folders and dragged this animation to another folder (walk). After that, I deleted this animation from the "rooms" folder. And then I discovered that the animation I was dragging was not working ...

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344

    That is in Daz Studio Formats>My Library>Home Prisoner>Animation? I'm asking because the things showing (the framed exclamation and the exclamation at lower left) look like a database driven view - the framed ! just means no thumbnail, but the ! at bottom left means no fiel reference. If you right-click on the Animation folder and select Browse to Folder Location where does it take you, and what does it contain?

  • roezakaroezaka Posts: 64

    Richard Haseltine

    This folder is empty.

    It's a shame, I spent a day making this animation :( Okay, if I just deleted it, but I just moved it to another folder first. 

  • CinusCinus Posts: 118
    edited June 2020
    roezaka said:

    Richard Haseltine

    This folder is empty.

    It's a shame, I spent a day making this animation :( Okay, if I just deleted it, but I just moved it to another folder first. 

    @roezaka If you are using Windows, look in your recycle bin. The file might still be there. If you are using a Mac, it probably has something similar to the recycle bin.

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,507

    sadly you likely only moved the thumbnail 

    using Windows explorer or the Mac equivalent is the only safe way to move files 

    each duf has a thumbnail and an actual file two files in total 

  • roezakaroezaka Posts: 64

    WendyLuvsCatz

    That is, I transferred a thumbnail to another folder instead of animation? It doesn’t fit in my head like daz, this allowed this procedure. If I drag something into another folder means I want to move it to another folder and not just the "thumbnail" ...

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344

    So you moved within DS? By default that will create a link, not actually move the file.

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