Premiere Pro deleted my Project and Auto-Save File

[dominicr95401172]

I worked on a project for several weeks then all of a sudden i couldnt find it anymore - not in recent projects - not in explorer - not in the original location i saved it to - it just vanished like it never existed even the Autosave File is gone. PP crashed the day before and i didnt re-open it on that day. Does anyone know any fixes for this?

[Ann Bens]

Premiere does not delete project or auto saves on its own.

Using an external drive?

[dominicr95401172]

No but I when i opened PP i got a warning to update my graphic card driver and ignored it.

[Ann Bens]

Fix that first!

[Averdahl]

I worked on a project for several weeks then all of a sudden i couldnt find it anymore

By @dominicr95401172

Have you tried to search for *.prproj to find it? Open Explorer and select This PC to the left and the type in *.prproj in the search box. This will search for all .prproj files on all hard disks in one go.

[dominicr95401172]

yes I tried that. The project is completely deleted from my computer and I dont know how thats even possible

[Peru Bob]

Did you check the Recycle Bin?

[Peru Bob]

Do you have any automatic file cleaning or optimizing software installed?

[dominicr95401172]

No but i installed a file recovery software and managed to recover the files but unfortunately they are corrupted and I cant open them now

[Ann Bens]

System restore?