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Missing file names

Started Dec 27, 2018 | Discussions thread
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Re: Missing file names

Yes I could see the file names via Explorer or Zoombrowser prior to this peculiar happening. The file names were 'fine' for a over a decade. Only in the last year has this happened.

What is odd, is that picture files saved(and named by me) to an external hard drive have also been similarly afflicted, ie original file names gone, and replaced with numeric sequences.

Among the photo's on the external HD, are about a dozen which retain the file names I gave them. Very strange given every other file(many thousands) has been corrupted as described.

Another unusual thing is that if I had 'saved' the picture files to a folder I had created on the desk top(to post to social media or for emails), then the file names I gave them are still intact, ie cat 1, dog 3 , sunset 6, and so forth.

It's been many hours I've spent on this to no avail. I'd still suspect this is based on some operating system bug or poor OS design which has produced this disaster. Probably some Windows update or Android via Samsung S5 that has changed some settings I cannot remedy thus far. Over a decade of work, corrupted.

Thanks again for your help. Perhaps, against the odds, there may be an easy fix as yet unidentified. If any one has any more suggestions, please share. 
Have a nice day peeps.

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