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Re: Lost AutoSave File

Re: Lost AutoSave File
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:42:14 -060
You're looking for a file named QPW0000.TMP, QPW0001.TMP, etc.  To use 
the file, you will have to rename it with a wb3 extension.  The specific 
location of the backup file is difficult to predict, so you might have 
to perform a search on all relevant drives.  I believe this backup file 
is automatically deleted as soon as you exit QP.  That leaves as the 
most relevant recourse a File-Undelete utility (i.e., something that 
goes beyond the capabilities of the Recycle Bin) to locate (and restore) 
this mysterious file.

Note:  QP promises in its help file:  "If you exit Corel Quattro Pro 
unexpectedly with Auto-backup activated, you will be prompted to recover 
any open files the next time you start Corel Quattro Pro."  I don't know 
if this actually works as advertised.  My recommendation is to take this 
step as a last resort, i.e., try your own file search/restore procedure 
first, before relying on QP to untie the knot for you.

Good luck,
Uli


Andrew Lockwood wrote:
> I am using Quattro Pro 8 and my default folder is a mapped network drive.
> 
> Can anyone tell me where the autosave files are written?  I am desperate to

> find one, because I accidentally closed the original without saving it -
but 
> I just cannot find the backup file!
> 
> Help!!
> 
> 
> Andrew Lockwood
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Lost AutoSave File
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:53:06 -000
I am using Quattro Pro 8 and my default folder is a mapped network drive.

Can anyone tell me where the autosave files are written?  I am desperate to 
find one, because I accidentally closed the original without saving it - but 
I just cannot find the backup file!

Help!!


Andrew Lockwood 


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