I had to immediate shut down, and I lost about 20 unsaved tabs, is there any way to recover these?
3 Answers
Is there any way to recover unsaved files?
Notepad++ will autosave if configured to do so.
The default "Backup path" is
%APPDATA%\Notepad++\backup
(or<Notepad++ install directory>\backup
). Look in this directory for any backup files.Goto menu "Settings" > "Preferences" > "Backup" tab to see your configuration.
If "Enable session snapshot and periodic backup" has been checked then there will a "Backup path" configured.
When was the "Session snapshot and periodic backup" feature introduced?
In version 6.6.x:
As a reminder, the main feature of v6.6.x is Session snapshot & periodic backup - user won't be asked to save unsaved file as he quits Notepad++, and on startup Notepad++ restores the unsaved file and unsaved untitled document of last session. Such periodic backup of unsaved files will protects your data from the PC crashing or power outage.
You can always turn off this feature to get back the old behaviour: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/assets/images/sessionSnapshot.png
Source Notepad++ 6.6.2 released
I had also lost my one notepad++ file but I was able to recover that file from following location:
C:\Users\myUserName\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup
I am using Windows 7.
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2This answer is useful because this is the default directory for this purpose - so if anyone just wants to go directly for the prize, without even opening Notepad++, this is probably it.– pgrCommented Sep 14, 2017 at 12:48
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1This saved a database creation script I was shitting squirrels about losing. It's worth mentioning that for me, unsaved files were backed up there but saved ones were not.– HB-Commented Dec 20, 2017 at 0:15
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1This will work (via copy paste) vs your pseudo path: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 17:12
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%APPDATA%
is what you should be using (as users folder might not be located atC:\Users
)– Franz B.Commented Sep 9, 2020 at 9:57
In case if Notepad++ was not able to create the backup file and had crashed, it tries to create the *.dump files that could be found at the following path:
C:\Users\<windowsusernamehere>\AppData\Local\Temp\N++RECOV\
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2In my case for some reason it had issues with a lot of files that I have been using several days and they were not in the backup path but they were in this path.– DzyannCommented Dec 21, 2016 at 21:58
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1Worth noting that even if your files have their name mangled and end in .DUMP, notepad++ seems to be able to open them just fine. Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 13:39
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Thanks. Notepad++ warned me that data would be lost then renamed and saved all the files to funny names and didn't tell me where they were. Found them in this directory. Wish it would have tried to keep the original name or keep the saved files open because it's a huge mess to sort through now. Commented Jul 3 at 19:49