On Call: Boss wrongly claimed IT deleted his files, refused to learn the one-click fix
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Lucia examined the director's PC and found an empty "Home" folder. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); "I saw that he had clicked on the 'Up' directory icon to get there," Lucia told On Call. "I casually clicked on the 'Documents' folder and his files magically reappeared."Guess how much gratitude the director showed Lucia.If you guessed zero, congratulations.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Lucia examined the director's PC and found an empty "Home" folder.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); "I saw that he had clicked on the 'Up' directory icon to get there," Lucia told On Call.
- ▪"I casually clicked on the 'Documents' folder and his files magically reappeared."Guess how much gratitude the director showed Lucia.If you guessed zero, congratulations.
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/11/on-call-boss-wrongly-claimed-it-deleted-his-files-refused-to-learn-the-one-click-fix/5295448 |
| Publication time | Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-11T06:41:36.221Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-11T06:41:36.221Z |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); personal tech On Call: Boss wrongly claimed IT deleted his files, refused to learn the one-click fix There's no place like the Home directory, but the Documents folder is sometimes nicer Simon Sharwood Simon Sharwood APAC Editor APAC Editor Published fri 11 Sep 2026 // 07:30 UTC READ MORE On Call: User who handled life-or-death situations struggled with the SHIFT key 7 days ago On Call: Exec couldn’t identify a photocopier, which made for a fax-inating tech support call 13 days ago…
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