Can't recover latest project version?

[Aimée31010120x6g7]

Hey there!

Things are as so: I have worked for hours on a project – and coming back a few days after, when I open the project, all the previously gained progress is not on the project ... despite clearly recalling "auto-recovery" automatically saving project progress during that work period. So these automatically saved versions should be somewhere, right? But inspite searching everywhere, I can't find the latest project version. 

Could somebody help me? I'd be so grateful to recover all that hard work...

Thanks in advance!

[Aimée31010120x6g7]

This was loading several times while working on my project – yet I can find none of that what seems to be have saved :,) ...

[kglad · Accepted solution]

prevent this in the future by appending increasing version number to your fla name and saving frequently.

[Aimée31010120x6g7]

Thanks for your answer! Sorry if I don't understand exactly what you mean by "appending increasing version number" – could you elaborate? 

Also, I realise I have actually saved myself already … how is it that the last version isn't saved? I don't understand … 

Maybe it is a point that I used an external diskstation to save my files?

[kglad]

the last version may be saved, but it may be corrupted. you won't find that out until you try to open it.

for project1.fla, save as project1_v000.fla, project1_v001.fla, project1_v002.fla etc.

periodically close and reopen the last version to confirm it's not corrupted. if it opens without problem, you can delete previous versions.

[Aimée31010120x6g7]

Okay, embarrasing – I found the file! Thanks to those who took the time to read the question anyways! 

[kglad]

don't fail to heed my posts.

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