How to find a folder name/path that has existed in the past?

[David.P]

Hi forum,

Suppose I have a folder named fubar on a PC, having the path D:\Foo\fubar.

The folder fubar was previously named differently and was stored in a different path named D:\Baz\Qux\.

I need to find out what the folder fubar was called previously.

Under Everything's "Show All Search History" I did not find hints to the folder's previous name when searching for Baz or Qux, or for files that were in the folder fubar at that time.

I have already searched registry and trash and scanned the D:\Baz\Qux\ folder path with Recuva Undelete, but unfortunately found nothing this way.

Both the current and previous paths of that folder also are mirrored (saved) to OneDrive. However, I believe that OneDrive does not provide a version history of folders, nor of files that have been renamed/moved.

Are there any other Everything or Windows caches etc. where such old paths could still be found?

Thanks for any ideas on where else I could look.

[David.P]

Ok I have solved the problem. Fortunately, my synchronization program GoodSync creates detailed log files with all file/folder operations performed.

In those log files, it was relatively easy to find out what the folder fubar was called previously!