!Deleted DCIM folder! - Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers

Hello,
Today I had inadvertently deleted my ZUK Z2 Plus DCIM folder when the phone was attached to PC via USB cable.
I have two backup on Microsoft One-Drive and Google Foto of mine most important pictures but the problem is another:
I would like to know how I can recover the former DCIM folder structure, or better recover the former sub folders below the DCIM root directory and the data therein contained. I've found a plethora of instructions and applications to recover photos but nothing about the DCIM folder recovery from the SD card in case of wrong deletion.
Are there any possibilities?
Many thanks!

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This has been a topic discussed several times. It has to do with the chome.dll file stored in the /windows directory. For some reason it only maps to the /my documents/my pictures and the storage card/pictures folders (called storage card/DCIM). So the only work around, although a poor one, is to create a folder in the main root of your storage called "pictures" ( and not "my pictures") . Then place your pics there and they will show up on the sliding panel on your home screen. You will also be able to acces them from there. The only thing this will not do is send all of the pics you've taken from your camera to that directory. It will still put them in /storage card/my pictures (assuming you are using your storage card for puting your photos to) so you will still have to manually move those pics to the /storage card/pictures directory when you finish taking the pics.
Wow it's amazing what one can stumble upon when they are not looking. I had the same problem just never really searched out the issue. I tried what you suggested and works like a charm! Thanks pudgedaddy!
You can also create a folder called "DCIM" and it will detect the pictures on there as well.
serialtoon said:
You can also create a folder called "DCIM" and it will detect the pictures on there as well.
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no, its just what the windows system detects the "pictures" folder as. sorry to confuse...

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new user here
took a couple of piccys today and have now got my desire hooked upto my pc, where do i find the piccys in order to move them onto my pc?
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They will be on the SD card in the DCIM folder
ah many thanks i was looking for the obvious lol photo folder did not even see the dcim folder.
Hallo,
i have the same problem. I did not see the dcim folder on the pc.

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You can always go to your DCIM (or DCMI i really forget) -> media ->whatevs folder you got and put your photos there. Some of my photos don't appear in the stock htc gallery either. Must be directory thing. I just use google photos but DCIM is the main directory so it should work.
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You can always go to your DCIM (or DCMI i really forget) -> media ->whatevs folder you got and put your photos there. Some of my photos don't appear in the stock htc gallery either. Must be directory thing. I just use google photos but DCIM is the main directory so it should work.
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Yeah I've done that before, but I remember the was a really simple solution. I think I came across it in one of the rom threads a few months ago, but can't remember.
Aside from restarting the phone there's always this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.promethyl.force.media.scanner&hl=en
Clear the cache with an app like sdmaid.. It is probably retaining old links etc
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
Is there a ".nomedia" file hidden in the folder that contains your pictures? If yes your problems should be solved if you delete it.

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