If the flash drive is not formatted, the shortcut files must have been stored in the hardware in hidden mode. You can recover them using CMD by following these steps:
1. Go to Start -> Run -> cmd.
2. Go to your pen drive, memory cards or mobile phone directory. 3. Type del *.lnk (to delete all link files in the directory) 4. Type attrib -H -R -S /S /D G:*.*
5. Replace G with your drive letter.
6. And then press a gentle Enter. Finish all these steps you can check for your files in on the pen drive. If you can’t find the files you want, you can try another solution: recover shortcut files with EaseUS data recovery software.