Shapefiles being deleted after dragging & dropping

[MitchHolley1]

Has anyone else experienced accidentally dragging and dropping a shapefile on top of another shapefile (or the same shapefile) and having it be deleted?  We have currently been experimenting with ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 and this has been replicated throughout our organization.   See error message below.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

It looks like it is preventing you from doing that? If the file is loaded into Pro, then it is in use and it shouldn't be able to be deleted/replaced

[MitchHolley1]

We're in the process of moving from ArcGIS Desktop 10.4 to ArcGIS Pro, so the files were created with 10.4.  The message above will pop up and then we'll refresh the directory and the shapefile will be gone. 

[DanPatterson_Retired]

As in gone... not even bits in the recycling bin? Can't locate parts on disk?  

[MitchHolley1]

Nope, not that I can find.  Could you try to replicate the error on some dummy data?

[KoryKramer · Accepted solution]

Thanks for reporting this Mitch Holley Firstly, I’d like to apologize that you’re experiencing this issue.  We have reproduced the issue on Pro 2.1.2 internally.

We take data corruption issues very seriously, we’re pursuing a patch for Pro 2.1.x. and will share additional status information as available. 

Thanks again.

[KoryKramer]

This issue is fixed in the 2.1.3 patch: Release notes for ArcGIS Pro 2.1—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop