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ironchef_marc
ironchef_marc
Inspiring
March 11, 2018
Question

Recover a file from autorecover

  • March 11, 2018
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I spent all morning editing a beauty shot and as I launched liquefy for finale adjustment  Photoshop crashed on me. I did not panic as I know I have "save in background" and also auto-save every 5 minutes. I've never lost a file before and Photshop has been pretty solid and the few time it crashed before I was able to pick up right where I left.

Now this time upon relaunching I did not get the auto-saved file.

I looked in the expected place

C:\Users\~\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2018\AutoRecover

but to my surprise there is no autorecover folder there.

My file was not saved in the background.

Now I'm starting to panic

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davescm
Community Expert
davescmCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 11, 2018

Hi

On Windows, the file location of the recovery file is usually on the first scratch drive in a folder named PSAutoRecover, so in my case my first scratch disk is D  so the autorecovery files are   D:\PSAutorecover\username\autorecoverfilename.psb

However , if you have since opened Photoshop and closed it the folder may have been emptied

Dave

    ironchef_marc
    ironchef_marcAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 12, 2018

    Thanks empty as well. Gone I guess arrghhh

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