All my unreal engine projects are gone, including the folder

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A week ago (February 5, 2023) I was working on my project in unreal engine 5.1. A week later I went back to the projects and they just disappeared, even the folder with them. I didn’t touch my computer or projects, and they just disappeared anyway. I checked everything and even tried to restore them. Can anyone tell me why the projects disappeared? I’ve been working on the project since May and haven’t seen anything like this.

P.S. Also Unreal engine was updated to 5.1.1 when I noticed a problem with projects. Could this have something to do with the automatic upgrade to version 5.1.1?

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Hi Aqvalord,

I’m sorry to hear that! It’s not likely that Unreal deleted them - it doesn’t even have code to do that.
The most common reasons are Harddrive errors or Human error - check your computers logs for disk checking and if it found errors and patched them. Also check other folders where you may have accidentally dragged/dropped them when moving the mouse around (I’ve done that more than once).
Otherwise I’m afraid you’ll have to chalk it up as a learning experience - backup, backup, backup - always.