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i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

husman1 — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:04:30 GMT

please help im on a uni computer so i cant rename filed to dwg. when i go on the file none of my work i did for the past hours is there, is there anyway to recover it please

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

RSomppi — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:32:10 GMT

If the changes were not saved and you exited AutoCAD cleanly, the work is gone.

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

husman1 — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:47:18 GMT

i managed to recover it!!!

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

RSomppi — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:58:03 GMT

Explain how you did it and mark your response as the solution!

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

husman1 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:15:50 GMT

i went into the temp folder and found a bunch of bak files and changed them to dwg and the last one i tried came up with the unsaved work

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

RSomppi — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:31:45 GMT

If it was a .bak, file then you saved your work more than once.

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

mkurti — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 19:10:19 GMT

my work didn't save when autocad had an error so it kicked me out

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

CAD162K3TU — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:10:29 GMT

I also lost everything! I forgot to save it and I lost my hours work and I really need it back fast

Re: i pressed a command which made my file quit and then accidentally pressed no when it said to save changed how to recover my file?

pendean — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:24:29 GMT

@CAD162K3TU wrote:
I also lost everything! I forgot to save it and I lost my hours work and I really need it back fast

Do this

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/i-pressed-a-command-which-made-my-file-quit-and-then/td-p/12018134#M34604

After that, try all of these tips

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/how-to-recover-lost-work-due-to-a-crash-in-autocad.html#:~:text=cut%20or%20outage.-,Solution%3A,-Recover%20a%20backup

After that, sorry, you are out of luck unless your I.T. person can help you find options.