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Yesterday I seem to have copied something and put my laptop to sleep. Now this morning I get the option on every right click (I mean in Windows Explorer and on the desktop) to "Undo Copy", but I don't remember what I had copied and don't know what it will undo.

Any way to find out?

Note: I did not right click on the file and select "Copy", which would have then given the option to Paste. Instead, I had dragged the file and selected "Copy Here".

I am on Windows 10, 2018-04-10 Update (version 1803).

Does anyone know where does windows store this info ?

David Kent
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  1. Install TreeSize Free.

  2. Index your C drive and take a screenshot of the total number of files in various directories.

  3. Undo the copy action in question

  4. Re-index your C drive.

  5. Compare the number of files and folders from before and after and see which location contains a discrepancy.

  6. Once you find it, do a couple of undo/redos to identify the contents that were added with the copy action in question.

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What to do if a drive is no longer available?

If the following message appears when attempting to undo the copy, then re-map or reconnect the drive in question first before clicking Try Again:

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Do not click Cancel as that would remove the Undo Copy option from your context menu and you would not be able to reattempt the undo action.

Mr Ethernet
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If you see that "undo copy" menu, whatever you have copied is still in the clipboard.

An easy way to find out what's in there is to create an empty new folder, go into the folder, then paste.

Community
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SparedWhisle
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After some research, and according to How to view file explorer operations history? , seems that currently no a simple enough solution ...

Better than nothing, "hovering on the undo/redo buttons inside Quick Access Toolbar" would be a barely working workaround, in many cases.

laoyb
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We know it's somewhere in Explorer, so that helps to narrow it down at least.

You could try switching between undoing and redoing the last action while looking at your desktop.

Undo = Control+Z

Redo = Control+Y

If you see no change, go to another folder you were working in and see if you see any files disappear when you perform the undo.

I don't know of a better way but this trial-and-error method is a starting point at least.

Mr Ethernet
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