I deleted a group of folders in JoomDOC. Then when I tried to recreate it with the same name it tells me it still exists, but I can't see it. How can I recreate a deleted folder?

I went to the document directory from the commandline and confirmed the folder is still there. I also looked at the database table and the folders have a status of -2.

Thanks,

Chris

Hello,

You can easily change status in database to 1. Folders and files should be back. If you want to delete all files and folders by removing them in administration part, you can change your settings on configuration page.

I looked at the options and see there is a field for File Deleting and the options are Trash and Force. Do I understand this correct? If I have Trash selected it sets the state to -2, but if I set it to force, it's actually removed?


*Also just a note for others reading this thread, I had over 170 folder to recover. Fortunately they were all created at the same time so their ID numbers were consecutive (numbers 2950-3121). The following MySQL statement worked to make them visible again:

UPDATE plrpt_joomdoc_file SET state=1 WHERE id>2949 and id<3122

I viewed the table and executed the code using the MySQL module in WebMin on an Ubuntu Linux server.

Hello,

Yes, Force deleting will remove all files and folders without possibility to restore them.