original file name and the contents also contain the Excel file which we permanently deleted. From here you can view or copy the respective file versions. Additionally, you can use the Copy and Restore buttons in the Previous Versions tab exactly as you would have against an individual file. Recovering a Deleted Folder What about the case where an entire folder is deleted? Currently our Sample Files folder is on the desktop, so we are going to permanently delete (Shift+Delete) it. In order to recover this folder or a file inside of this folder, we have to view the previous version of the parent folder. In our case the desktop. Unfortunately, if you right-click on the desktop, there is no Restore Previous Versions or Properties option. So in order to get to this, we need to get to the Windows Explorer view of the desktop folder. Open your profile folder from the Start Menu. Inside of the Windows Explorer view of your profile, there is a Desktop folder. Right-click on this folder and select the Restore Previous Versions option. As you can probably guess, you can now view historical snapshots of your desktop contents. Open the respective previous version and you can view the contents of the desktop at the time of the snapshot. Notice this snapshot contains the folder we permanently deleted previously. By opening the Sample File folder, we can now recover the contents of what we previously deleted. While this is just a very basic example, it