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Hello, I wanted to save as an illustrator file by replacing the old version. Except that the recording crashed and I don't have any file left. I searched my recycle garbage can and my whole computer: no file. What do I do now?
The recovery function is not autosave.
And while those folders exist, it does not save files with that particular filename.
If Illustrator crashed while saving, then it's also very likely that recovery did not work. Saving is just a very bad time for a crash.
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I would start with the following two steps...
Adobe Illustrator has an autosave feature (if enabled). Files are automatically saved in a recovery folder. Here's how to locate it:
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The recovery function is not autosave.
And while those folders exist, it does not save files with that particular filename.
If Illustrator crashed while saving, then it's also very likely that recovery did not work. Saving is just a very bad time for a crash.