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Win7User512

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So, I basically have deleted a file called "Eugen" (yeah, that's my name), and I just saw for a second that it was a shared file. I think that file was that file that was trying to open when I started Windows 7 (without hibernating), just like on this page I found pretty long ago: https://superuser.com/questions/373744/open-file-with-dialog-upon-startup The file was made in around of May 24th this year. I'm confused and pretty worried right now. I need a quick answer or something! Also, it didn't have a type of program. It was just a simple file...
 
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The file had the share hand on it before you deleted it? or 'whilst' you was deleting it?

windows likes to delete subfolders by bringing them to the top of the pile and a display issue can 'bug' your folder icon into whatever current subfolder is being deleted, giving you the impression the master folder is shared. Depending on how laggy windows runs, depends how often you see this 'bug'. I believe this is due to windows re-populating your file system every time a (sub)folder is deleted.

If the master folder was shared before you deleted it, then thats something else .... a program you installed can create a shared folder for sharing ... mp3 player, media player, skype/voip .. depending on the settings you give up and what the...
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The file had the share hand on it before you deleted it? or 'whilst' you was deleting it?

windows likes to delete subfolders by bringing them to the top of the pile and a display issue can 'bug' your folder icon into whatever current subfolder is being deleted, giving you the impression the master folder is shared. Depending on how laggy windows runs, depends how often you see this 'bug'. I believe this is due to windows re-populating your file system every time a (sub)folder is deleted.

If the master folder was shared before you deleted it, then thats something else .... a program you installed can create a shared folder for sharing ... mp3 player, media player, skype/voip .. depending on the settings you give up and what the programs default sharing folder is called. Best goto add/remove programs (or windows 10 equiv.) and see what you installed on the 24th may.
 
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Win7User512

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It had the share hand before deleting it. Anyways, thanks for the answer!
EDIT: I just saw that on May 24th 2017, dr.fone toolkit for Android was installed. That was when my sister tried to recover her lost data on her Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)...
 
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