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Moved file to new folder and it no longer opens

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Anonymous
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Moved file to new folder and it no longer opens

Please assist!

In AutoCAD 360 I moved a dwg file to a new folder and noticed the size went from ~7MB to 4KB.  I immediately tried to open, to no avail.  I tried moving it back to its old folder and the size stayed at 4K and it wouldn't open.  Any ideas?

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pendean
in reply to: Anonymous

Did you move it from inside AutoCAD360? Or did you (or can you) upload the source file from your PC to a new folder?
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Anonymous
in reply to: pendean

It was moved inside AutoCAD 360 to a linked DropBox folder.  Unfortunately there were a couple of hours worth of changes done inside 360 before moving the file, so I'm hoping there is a way to recover.

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pendean
in reply to: Anonymous

'move' is never a good idea going across cloud platforms like that: a 'duplicate' then a 'move' with the copy would have been better to protect the source file.
Always protect the source file.

go into the DESIGNS > RECENT folder in the AutoCAD360 app you did all of this and see if there is a chance the original got dumped here.
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Anonymous
in reply to: pendean

Thank you - it was there!
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pendean
in reply to: Anonymous

Woohoo! Glad it worked out.

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