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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Yeah, I temporarily forgot about using *[Alt]*+*[Spacebar]*, *[M]*, and
> then using the directional keyboard arrows to move it where I can actually
> see it.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a button in the Windows bar? If so, hover over it, then right
>> click on the window and choose "Maximize". I've found lots of windows that
>> way.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> No matter how I configure my display, when I launch Yodot, its window
>>> flies
>>> offscreen to the left somewhere. In other words, it's not visible so I
>>> cannot do anything with it.
>>>
>>> > Chris
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > This utility claims to be able to do it.
>>> >
>>> > http://www.yodot.com/file-recovery/deleted-7zip-files.html
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I agree with Tony. That sounds dangerous.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> No. The 7z files can be be recovered, but not by any ol' utility. I
>>> need
>>> >>> to
>>> >>> find one that can "see" such a file in order to recover it. For
>>> example,
>>> >>> one named "Recover Files" can't detect such an extension. And the
>>> threads
>>> >>> I've been reading on Google state that Recuva won't work, either.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> > So you mean that the 7zip file manager deletes files in a way that
>>> >>> cannot
>>> >>> > be recovered? That sounds dangerous.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > -Tony
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > On Tuesday, 1 December 2015, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >> Sorry... not so. Many recovery utilities cannot undelete a 7z
>>> file.
>>> >>> This
>>> >>> >> is
>>> >>> >> why I'm asking if anyone specifically knows of one that does
>>> recover
>>> >>> such
>>> >>> >> files.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> > I'm not sure I understand the problem. You're looking to
>>> recover a
>>> >>> file
>>> >>> >> > that you deleted without meaning to. A file recovery utility
>>> (and
>>> >>> there
>>> >>> >> are
>>> >>> >> > lots out there, Recuva just happened to be the first Google
>>> result)
>>> >>> >> should
>>> >>> >> > recover ANY file type. It won't open it, but it will undelete
>>> it so
>>> >>> that
>>> >>> >> > you can open it in whatever your archive utility is.
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Chris Morton <
>>> salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >> > wrote:
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> >> Windows 8.1 NTFS
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Robert Lauriston <
>>> >>> robert -at- lauriston -dot- com
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> > Which operating system and version and which file system?
>>> >>> >> >> >
>>> >>> >> >> > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Chris Morton <
>>> >>> salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>> >>> >> >> > wrote:
>>> >>> >> >> > > Do you know of a sure-fire way to unerase a 7z file?
>>> >>> >>
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