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I would like to restore a previous version of file that has been saved. My computer has crashed during work on one of the Files in Notepad++. When I started it again it went blank and a few days of my work are basically gone.
Is there any way to restore it?
redkoala
Posted 2012-02-15T13:53:54.030
Reputation: 201
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I know this question is ancient, but I thought someone would benefit from my solution. I had NP++ crash while trying to save my file and the result was losing not only the changes but the original file as well. I did some digging around in the directory structure of my user account (C:\users\<user>\) and found that there is a handy temporary folder for NP++. It had the copy of my file which was to be written to the disk.
Check this location if you have the same problem and are using Windows 7: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup
Mike
Posted 2012-02-15T13:53:54.030
Reputation: 171
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Notepad++ does have file versioning.
In Settings > Preferences > Backup there is an option "Verbose backup".
This saves a new copy of the file into the "Custom Backup Directory". The current date/time is appended to the filename.
With "Simple backup" just the previous version of the file is saved.
ChrisF
Posted 2012-02-15T13:53:54.030
Reputation: 39 650
1Settings > Preferences > Backup tab > Click Verbose Backup This will time stamp a copy of your file every time you save. – Mr.X – 2016-05-15T09:24:08.010
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Check Windows previous versions, right click, Properties, Previous Versions
mgjk
Posted 2012-02-15T13:53:54.030
Reputation: 1 337
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I encounter a similar problem, where I overwrote an important file in Notepad++ and thankfully I was able to go to the file location, I right-clicked on the file, and selected "restore previous versions". From there I chose the latest version prior to the override and everything looks good for me.
Bc.
Posted 2012-02-15T13:53:54.030
Reputation: 121
1This saved me from hours or rebuilding a page that I thought was gone for good! thanks!! – klewis – 2015-02-12T22:51:30.800
no backup folder at said path :( – VdeX – 2015-12-28T06:51:06.057
In Windows 7, the quickest way to get to the backup folder is by entering "%AppData%\Notepad++\backup" in an Explorer window address bar. – Luke Stevenson – 2016-08-24T18:04:25.850