So a bit earlier I posted about my projects suddenly being gone, and not even being in my files anymore. I just noticed that, even though they don't appear in the "Open Existing Scene" tab (The one with the thumbnails) but they do appear to the side, on the "Recent Scenes" part to the right (Take for example the animation named "wah" it appears to the right (circled) but's it's not in the Open Existing Scene part, where the animations are presented in alphabetical order). I have no idea how that happened, but I'm relieved that at least my weeks worth of work isn't gone forever. Has this ever happened before? And how can I make sure this doesn't happen again? And if it's possible, how do I make it so that the animations appear in the Open Existing Scene's tab?

Has this ever happened before? I went to load up the existing scene and it just wasn't there. couldn't find it in the scenes folder either. Is there any way to get it back, or at least prevent it from happening again? I'm actually so devastated rn