Files in Program files folder vanished - windows-7

I have saved few files in Program files.When I checked again, the files are not seen. I tried searching the system with the file name, but it is not found.
How did the files disappear?
And is there a way to recover the files?

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When I try to search for files with the following criteria in Windows Explorer
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Since , I am saving the path along with the file name this duplicate error should not have come.
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(System.FileName: *.txt OR .doc OR .xls OR .rtf ) AND datemodified:‎10-‎03-‎2021 .. ‎06-‎07-‎2022

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