Where does Acrobat save temp files?

Report · May 13, 2012

I have Acrobat X set to autosave every 5 mins. It just crashed, but when I reopened the program, it did not prompt me to recover the autosaved file. Where is it? Can I open it manually?

Report · May 13, 2012

Here is the location for the AutoSave Folder on Win XP : C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Adobe\Acrobat\10.0\AutoSave

Win 7 : C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\10.0\AutoSave\

No, you cannot open the tmp folder. File is folder gets deleted automatically once you close Acrobat.

Probably, you can set less time for AutoSave so if incase, Acrobat crashes, you lose minimum data.

Regards,

Deepak

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Report · Apr 19, 2021

thanks! Does this work when you've been editing a document in the cloud, and your computer crashes?

Report · Apr 20, 2021

Sorry. I don't know - I didn't try such scenario.

Report · Mar 22, 2022

This solution helped me to recover comments and sketches that I made in PDF.

Report · Apr 03, 2022

You just saved me with this method!

Acrobat closed unexpectedly and my file was deleted. When reopening the app I was asked to recover, but because the file was gone it didn't work.

Copied the .tmp file. Downloaded the original file again. Opened it and made changes, and waited for an

autosave to be created, then force quit Acrobat, replaced the .tmp file and opened the app again. Success!

Absolutely amazing. Thank you.

Report · Sep 08, 2022

This is exactly the solution that I needed and it worked. Thank you! The problem is I accidentally clicked "no" the first time it prompted me to restore the autosaved file, and I thought I lost it for good. Thankfully I copied the tmp file to the desktop before Adobe automatically deleted it, and I was able to hack the restore feature as described here.

Report · Oct 01, 2022

I made an account in this site just to say thank you. It worked for me aswell. You're a genius.

(Note for anyone needed - autosave files get deleted when not restored. I recovered my desired autosave tmp file using Easeus recovery. Then replaced the recent autosave tmp with recovered autosave tmp following the above solution)

Report · Nov 19, 2024

great information here except when adobe shuts down abnormally and then starts an update when you reopen Adobe, there is no option to restore the lost work ... I guess Adobe is back to the stone ages where the user must save evey 5 minutes to prevent losing work when adobe crashes

... I just had to do so much rework, I am cancleing my adobe subscription and never coming back!