Zotero deleted/lost many of my items?
Ok, this is driving me nuts.
First, the background: I'm running Zotero 5.0.58. I *think* I have the standalone version, but I'm not sure I know how to tell the difference between it and the Firefox version (I can also see my library online). Everything was working just fine, as of about two weeks ago or so (the last time I checked my library), but, today, I opened it up and all the items (for my next book project!!!) are gone. In fact, when I opened up Zotero, I watched the items vanish before my eyes.
I tried the fixes in this thread (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/282392/#Comment_282392) in case Zotero was pointing to a different directory, but it seems like my directory is saved in C:\Users\:username:\Zotero. I see no relevant files in my Firefox Profile.
So...any ideas?
First, the background: I'm running Zotero 5.0.58. I *think* I have the standalone version, but I'm not sure I know how to tell the difference between it and the Firefox version (I can also see my library online). Everything was working just fine, as of about two weeks ago or so (the last time I checked my library), but, today, I opened it up and all the items (for my next book project!!!) are gone. In fact, when I opened up Zotero, I watched the items vanish before my eyes.
I tried the fixes in this thread (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/282392/#Comment_282392) in case Zotero was pointing to a different directory, but it seems like my directory is saved in C:\Users\:username:\Zotero. I see no relevant files in my Firefox Profile.
So...any ideas?
If you have another synced computer somewhere that you know hasn't been synced since the deletions, you could disable the network connection on that computer before opening Zotero and then restore that version to the online library as explained on the linked page.
In any case, to restore you can select all and choose Restore to Library, though if the collections they were in were removed the collections won't be restored.