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C
Corniger
Inspiring
May 22, 2017
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Auto recovery - no folder, no recovery

  • May 22, 2017
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Hello again,

I've recently switched to Photoshop CC - also because of the magnificent auto recovery I've experenced on a PC at my workplace. Now, as "Select and Mask" has successfully BSODd my computer several times and there never was any recovery happening. I also found out there's no Autorecovery folder in the User profile.

Now, I've lived without any recovery since 1997, so I'm ready to take it, but is there a way to activate this feature? It seems activated in the preferences, but obviously isn't working.

Please advise.

Thanks!

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Correct answer Akash Sharma

So, after a ight of select & mask BSODs, still no auto recovery whatsover EXCEPT once, a couple of days ago, which lokked as attached

The only time in 12 crashes that SOMETHING happened.
I still can't find the folder, could you please specify where it's upposed to be? In othe posts withthe same problem I've read about C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 - is it stored somewhere else now? Because that recovered, obviously truncated file must have come from somewhere!


Would recommend you to restore Photoshop Preferences Preferences in Photoshop and let us know if that helps.

\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 is the correct location.

~Akash

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Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
Legend
May 22, 2017

Hi M_Schloegl,

Thanks for reaching out. Photoshop auto recover works when there is a critical Photoshop crash and there is a unsaved file in its "Background save" state.Take a look at this article Background save and autorecover and let us know if that's helpful.

Thanks,

Akash

C
CornigerAuthor
Inspiring
May 22, 2017

I have autorecover set to 10 Minutes interval. I've read there's supposed to be a separate folder where autorecovery data is being saved to (in the user folder), but it's not existing on my system. I've read other people creating said folder themselves, but still, autorecover wouldn't be performed, the folder would stay empty.

Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
Legend
May 22, 2017

That folder is auto created by Photoshop in an event of crash. In the case of a BSOD, the files might have been damaged due to OS failure. Unfortunately, there is no way to recover those files. Also, Photoshop opens all the recovered files next time you open it after the crash.So, Photoshop would have recovered anything in the auto recovery folder, But if the files didn't make it onto the disk, then Photoshop can't recover them.

~Akash

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