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Adobe Animate - How to locate previous (auto-save) version of a file?

New Here ,
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 28, 2018

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Please excuse my frustration...  I'm surprised not a single person on planet earth has asked this question before...  that or there's just not a clear answer to this problem for Adobe Animate.


STORY:

So I copied a symbol and pasted it onto another frame... I forgot to convert it again to a new symbol so that whatever changes I make will not affect the original symbol.  Since I made too many changes on the original symbol its beyond undo.

QUESTION:

So my question is... does Adobe Animate create a folder that has previous autosave version(s) of the file?  If so, where do I find it?  If its an option that I don't have turned on, where do I find that on the Adobe Animate program?

If this is possible, could you just give me a simple direction like:  Windows (C:) > Program Files > Adobe > Adobe Animate CC 2018......

Also, don't mix this up with AUTO-RECOVERY, yes I know those files are located on the same folder as the same file you're working on.  Though, I'm not asking about auto-recovery.

Also, also... my File History is turned off... so I don't know if that is 1 solution for this situation.

Thanks,
JD

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Community Expert , Dec 29, 2018 Dec 29, 2018

it might be in the Temp folder (per the below info), if you have auto-recovery enabled.  but i think it will be in the folder i indicated, not a subfolder.  to test:

open animate and start a test fla.  don't save (if that's what you did with the problematic fla). wait your auto-recovery time. open task manager and force animate to quit.  reopen animate.  if auto-recovery is enabled animate should offer to recover the test fla.  note the directory of the test fla and check it for your problematic

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Jul 24, 2024 Jul 24, 2024

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get an undelete app and restore it.

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Jul 24, 2024 Jul 24, 2024

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i downloaded and recovered a file with the same name (tho i don't think it's the file im looking for, bcs the last modified date was the 21st even tho i edited yesterday) but when i try to open it, animate says there's an error and i can't open it.

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maybe you already over-wrote part of it.  or try another undelete app. iobit is pretty good.

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