Recycle Bin on Windows disappeared

Question

I accidentally (and stupidly) wrote the following command:

rm -r blah ~

I meant to write the following:

rm -r blah "~"

Fortunately I managed to stop it at around ".android" as there was a readonly file there.

Unfortunately the recycle bin folder seems to have disappeared from the Windows file explorer.

How can I get the recycle bin back?

For extra points, any idea how I can recover the deleted data?

NOTE: I installed git bash commands, so you can do bash commands on command prompt

rm isn't a windows command, so can it be safely assumed you were in a bash shell? — Stese, Apr 19 '17 at 12:03
I installed git bash commands, so you can do bash commands on command prompt — Yahya Uddin, Apr 19 '17 at 12:04
Ok, that may change the answer to your questions, so might be worth clarifying. — Stese, Apr 19 '17 at 12:05
“how I can recover the deleted data?” The usual way, I guess: https://superuser.com/a/1144489/278831 — Andrea Lazzarotto, Apr 20 '17 at 12:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '17 at 12:29

Here's how to get the Recycle Bin on your desktop in Windows 10:

For your deleted data unfortunately what is done is done sorry...

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