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[investdude]

My Download folder in "/home/anthony/Downloads" has a "!" on it and when I try to access it I get the message: Could not find "/home/anthony/Downloads" Please check the spelling and try again, but the spelling is correct and that folder is no longer there.

Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon version 4.4.8 Linux Kernal 5.4.0-89-generic

I haven't lost any data of importance but I can't figure out how to restore that folder. Can anyone help?

[all41]

Downloads Folder Missing

My Download folder in "/home/anthony/Downloads" has a "!" on it

not clear on this.

The /home/anthony/Downloads folder is easily re-created.
But you have said there already is /home/anthony/Downloads folder with an exclamation.
This is more of a concern.
right-click that icon and choose 'Open as Root' & supply the password.
Does that reveal the contents?

also in a terminal try:

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ls ~/Downloads

If this returns any errors please copy/paste that result to this thread.

[investdude]

Right click on the downloads folder does not offer the option "Open as Root," only:
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ls ~Downloads in terminal returns: ls: cannot access '/home/anthony/Downloads': No such file or directory

[Flemur]

ls ~Downloads in terminal returns: ls: cannot access '/home/anthony/Downloads': No such file or directory

Open a terminal and enter:

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mkdir ~/Downloads

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mkdir /home/anthony/Downloads

I think the "!" means the directory doesn't exist (I have a different desktop), so the mkdir should fix that.