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Summary

If your C:/Users folder is missing in Windows 7/8/10 because of location moving, accidental deletion or hiding, you can use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to get back the disappeared User folder without effort.

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C:/Users Folder Missing in Windows 7/8/10

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Users folder coming with C drive is set by default when installing the Windows operating system. The folder contains multiple sub-folders which are used to keep some frequently used data, such as users profile, contacts, favorites, downloads, music, documents, videos, games, etc.

Since the user folder holds some large size files mentioned beforehand, it certainly takes quite a lot of memory, which easily results in C drive running out space. In this case, users will deal with the disk-consuming Users folder as the following operations.

  • Move Users Folder to another drive like E:, F:, G:.
  • Hide Users Folder, though it doesn't make any sense.
  • Directly delete Users folder along with all the sub-folders.

All the above actions will cause C:/User folder missing issue in Windows 10/8/7 PC and even data loss. If you are having the same problem, follow user folder disappeared recovery solutions here now.

Recover Missing/Deleted/Hidden C Drive Users Folder

As the Users folder in C drive is a system folder, in order to avoid unexpected system error, it's best not to move it. If you want to clear C drive space by deleting some files but removing the User folder together by accident, you can get back the missing User folder with reliable hard drive recovery software in solution 1. And if the User folder is missing just because it has been hidden, you can make it visible with the way in solution 2.

Solution 1. How to Recover Deleted Users Folder

After you have deleted the User folder, check Windows recycle bin first. If the folder is permanently deleted from recycle bin, use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to restore the missing User folder as soon as possible. With its wizard-based interface, you can quickly recover the deleted User folder as simple as a few clicks.

Except for file and folder recovery, this data recovery tool is also capable of RAW partition recovery, lost partition recovery, virus attack recovery, recycle bin emptied data recovery, formatted hard drive recovery, and so on. Now, download and use EaseUS folder recovery tool to get back the missing User folder within only three steps.

Step 1. Scan the location of lost User folder.

Under Specify a location, move your mouse over 'Select Folder' and click 'Browse' to select the right location where you lost the User folder. If the User Folder disappeared, you may choose to scan the Desktop or C: drive to find this folder.

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Click 'OK' to confirm and let this software scan the whole computer and find the lost User folder.

Step 2. Find and preview the User folder.

Check and find the lost User folder in 'Deleted Files', 'Lost Files', use the search bar to find it. You can also use 'Filter > Desktop' as a quick way to find the lost user folder. Double-click to open and preview the found files in User Folder.

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Step 3. Recover and save User folder.

Check the files in your user folder, when it's alright, click 'Recover' to save this folder back to a safe location on your PC.

Solution 2. How to Restore Missing Users Folder in Windows 10/8/7

If Windows hides C:Users folder, you can make it reappear again at the exact place. It's still intact and well preserved without showing a route. Just go and do some changes to file options setting.

All Windows operating system works pretty much the same, and let's take Windows 10 as an example to recover hidden user folder recovery as an example.

Step 1. Open control panel and find 'File Explorer Options'.

Step 2. Click inside, in the 'View' part, find 'Hidden files and folders'.

Step 3. Tick 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives'.

Step 4. 'Apply' the change and go back to Computer, you'll find Users folder in C drive.

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Applies to: Windows Server (Semi-Annual Channel), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7

This topic discusses Work Folders, a role service for file servers running Windows Server that provides a consistent way for users to access their work files from their PCs and devices.

If you're looking to download or use Work Folders on Windows 10, Windows 7, or an Android or iOS device, see the following:

Role description

With Work Folders users can store and access work files on personal computers and devices, often referred to as bring-your-own device (BYOD), in addition to corporate PCs. Users gain a convenient location to store work files, and they can access them from anywhere. Organizations maintain control over corporate data by storing the files on centrally managed file servers, and optionally specifying user device policies such as encryption and lock-screen passwords.

Work Folders can be deployed with existing deployments of Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and home folders. Work Folders stores user files in a folder on the server called a sync share. You can specify a folder that already contains user data, which enables you to adopt Work Folders without migrating servers and data or immediately phasing out your existing solution.

Practical applications

Administrators can use Work Folders to provide users with access to their work files while keeping centralized storage and control over the organization's data. Some specific applications for Work Folders include:

  • Provide a single point of access to work files from a user's work and personal computers and devices

  • Access work files while offline, and then sync with the central file server when the PC or device next has Internet or intranet connectivity

  • Deploy with existing deployments of Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and home folders

  • Use existing file server management technologies, such as file classification and folder quotas, to manage user data

  • Specify security policies to instruct user's PCs and devices to encrypt Work Folders and use a lock screen password

  • Use Failover Clustering with Work Folders to provide a high-availability solution

Important functionality

Work Folders includes the following functionality.

FunctionalityAvailabilityDescription
Work Folders role service in Server ManagerWindows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2012 R2File and Storage Services provides a way to set up sync shares (folders that store user's work files), monitors Work Folders, and manages sync shares and user access
Work Folders cmdletsWindows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2012 R2A Windows PowerShell module that contains comprehensive cmdlets for managing Work Folders servers
Work Folders integration with WindowsWindows 10

Windows 8.1

Windows RT 8.1

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Work Folders provides the following functionality in Windows computers:

- A Control Panel item that sets up and monitors Work Folders
- File Explorer integration that enables easy access to files in Work Folders
- A sync engine that transfers files to and from a central file server while maximizing battery life and system performance

Work Folders app for devicesAndroid

Apple iPhone and iPad®

An app that allows popular devices to access files in Work Folders

New and changed functionality

The following table describes some of the major changes in Work Folders.

Feature/functionalityNew or updated?Description
Azure AD Application Proxy supportAdded to Windows 10 version 1703, Android, iOSRemote users can securely access their files on the Work Folders server using Azure AD Application Proxy.
Faster change replicationUpdated in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016For Windows Server 2012 R2, when file changes are synced to the Work Folders server, clients are not notified of the change and wait up to 10 minutes to get the update. When using Windows Server 2016, the Work Folders server immediately notifies Windows 10 clients and the file changes are synced immediately. This capability is new in Windows Server 2016 and requires a Windows 10 client. If you're using an older client or the Work Folders server is Windows Server 2012 R2, the client will continue to poll every 10 minutes for changes.
Integrated with Windows Information Protection (WIP)Added to Windows 10 version 1607If an administrator deploys WIP, Work Folders can enforce data protection by encrypting the data on the PC. The encryption is using a key associated with the Enterprise ID, which can be remotely wiped by using a supported mobile device management package such as Microsoft Intune.
Microsoft Office integrationAdded to Windows 10 version 1511In Windows 8.1 you can navigate to Work Folders inside Office apps by clicking or tapping This PC and then navigating to the Work Folders location on your PC. In Windows 10 you can make it even easier to get to Work Folders by adding it to the list of locations that Office shows when saving or opening files. For more info, see Work Folders in Windows 10 and Troubleshooting using Work Folders as a Place in Microsoft Office.

Software requirements

Work Folders has the following software requirements for file servers and your network infrastructure:

  • A server running Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2012 R2 for hosting sync shares with user files

  • A volume formatted with the NTFS file system for storing user files

  • To enforce password policies on Windows 7 PCs, you must use Group Policy password policies. You also have to exclude the Windows 7 PCs from Work Folders password policies (if you use them).

  • A server certificate for each file server that will host Work Folders. These certificates should be from a certification authority (CA) that is trusted by your users—ideally a public CA.

  • (Optional) An Active Directory Domain Services forest with the schema extensions in Windows Server 2012 R2 to support automatically referring PCs and devices to the correct file server when using multiple file servers.

To enable users to sync across the Internet, there are additional requirements:

  • The ability to make a server accessible from the Internet by creating publishing rules in your organization's reverse proxy or network gateway

  • (Optional) A publicly registered domain name and the ability to create additional public DNS records for the domain

  • (Optional) Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) infrastructure when using AD FS authentication

Work Folders has the following software requirements for client computers:

  • PCs and devices must be running one of the following operating systems:

    • Windows 10

    • Windows 8.1

    • Windows RT 8.1

    • Windows 7

    • Android 4.4 KitKat and later

    • iOS 10.2 and later

  • Windows 7 PCs must be running one of the following editions of Windows:

    • Windows 7 Professional

    • Windows 7 Ultimate

    • Windows 7 Enterprise

  • Windows 7 PCs must be joined to your organization's domain (they can't be joined to a workgroup).

  • Enough free space on a local, NTFS-formatted drive to store all the user's files in Work Folders, plus an additional 6 GB of free space if Work Folders is located on the system drive, as it is by default. Work Folders uses the following location by default: %USERPROFILE%Work Folders

    However, users can change the location during setup (microSD cards and USB drives formatted with the NTFS file system are supported locations, though sync will stop if the drives are removed).

    The maximum size for individual files is 10 GB by default. There is no per-user storage limit, although administrators can use the quotas functionality of File Server Resource Manager to implement quotas.

  • Work Folders doesn't support rolling back the virtual machine state of client virtual machines. Instead perform backup and restore operations from inside the client virtual machine by using System Image Backup or another backup app.

Work Folders compared to other sync technologies

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The following table discusses how various Microsoft sync technologies are positioned and when to use each.

Aws User Data

Work FoldersOffline FilesOneDrive for BusinessOneDrive
Technology summarySyncs files that are stored on a file server with PCs and devicesSyncs files that are stored on a file server with PCs that have access to the corporate network (can be replaced by Work Folders)Syncs files that are stored in Office 365 or in SharePoint with PCs and devices inside or outside a corporate network, and provides document collaboration functionalitySyncs personal files that are stored in OneDrive with PCs, Mac computers, and devices
Intended to provide user access to work filesYesYesYesNo
Cloud serviceNoneNoneOffice 365Microsoft OneDrive
Internal network serversFile servers running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016File serversSharePoint server (optional)None
Supported clientsPCs, iOS, AndroidPCs in a corporate network or connected through DirectAccess, VPNs, or other remote access technologiesPCs, iOS, Android, Windows PhonePCs, Mac computers, Windows Phone, iOS, Android

Note

In addition to the sync technologies listed in the previous table, Microsoft offers other replication technologies, including DFS Replication, which is designed for server-to-server replication, and BranchCache, which is designed as a branch office WAN acceleration technology. For more information, see DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication and BranchCache Overview

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Server Manager information

Work Folders is part of the File and Storage Services role. You can install Work Folders by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard or the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet. Both methods accomplish the following:

  • Adds the Work Folders page to File and Storage Services in Server Manager

  • Installs the Windows Sync Shares service, which is used by Windows Server to host sync shares

  • Installs the SyncShare Windows PowerShell module to manage Work Folders on the server

Interoperability with Windows Azure virtual machines

You can run this Windows Server role service on a virtual machine in Windows Azure. This scenario has been tested with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.

To learn about how to get started with Windows Azure virtual machines, visit the Windows Azure web site.

See also

For additional related information, see the following resources.

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Content typeReferences
Product evaluation- Work Folders for Android – Released (blog post)
- Work Folders for iOS – iPad App Release (blog post)
- Introducing Work Folders on Windows Server 2012 R2 (blog post)
- Introduction to Work Folders (Channel 9 Video)
- Work Folders Test Lab Deployment (blog post)
- Work Folders for Windows 7 (blog post)
Deployment- Designing a Work Folders Implementation
- Deploying Work Folders
- Deploying Work Folders with AD FS and Web Application Proxy (WAP)
- Deploying Work Folders with Azure AD Application Proxy
- Offline Files (CSC) to Work Folders Migration Guide
- Performance Considerations for Work Folders Deployments
- Work Folders for Windows 7 (64 bit download)
- Work Folders for Windows 7 (32 bit download)
Operations- Work Folders iPad app: FAQ (for users)
- Work Folders Certificate Management (blog post)
- Monitoring Windows Server 2012 R2 Work Folders Deployments (blog post)
- SyncShare (Work Folders) Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
- Storage and File Services PowerShell Cmdlets Quick Reference Card For Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Edition
Troubleshooting- Windows Server 2012 R2 – Resolving Port Conflict with IIS Websites and Work Folders (blog post)
- Common Errors in Work Folders
Community resources- File Services and Storage Forum
- The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog
- Ask the Directory Services Team Blog
Related technologies- Storage in Windows Server 2016
- File and Storage Services
- File Server Resource Manager
- Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Roaming User Profiles
- BranchCache
- DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication