Photoshop missing layers

[Gregorius95]

Good afternoon, 2 years ago I made a photo with 96 layers and 1 photo in each layer. I thought I saved a version with all layers visible and named. I have to adjust a number of layers and when I now open the latest version there is only 1 (merged) layer known, the background layer. Is there a way to get the layers back (the history is empty)?

Thanks Greg

[Ged_Traynor]

@Gregorius95 sound like the file is corrupt, I don't think there's much you can do in this case, history is not saved when the file is closed

[Stephen Marsh]

@Gregorius95 

What is the file format? Only a limited set of formats support saving layers.

[Gregorius95]

.psd

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[creative explorer]

@Gregorius95 this might be a far-out chance, but did you do another search for the file for a different version? Maybe a duplicate saved on the cloud? 

[Gregorius95]

unfortunately no other version and no cloud storage

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[Gregorius95]

Unfortunately no other versions and no cloud version.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Could that layer be a Smart Object?  If the thumbnail has an icon in its lower right coorner as below, then double click the thumbnail which open it in a new window showing all of its contained layers.  My fingers are crossed for you.

[Gregorius95]

Sorry, no smart object. Maybe the command "merge layers" or "make 1 layer" was executed.

[barbara_a]

Stephen Marsh's question is crucial. If you saved as JPG or any of the other file formats that don't support layers, the file would be flattened to a 'Background'.

[Gregorius95]

It was saved as a .psd file.