Back-Up files

[ColinWolstencroft]

Hi all,

Have a bit of an issue.

My autosave seems to be a bit strange. Set to save at 10min intervals. But if I try and locate the saved files it seems saving as a PDF.. Have tried saving a copy and saving as a DWG but that doesn't work. Acrobat opens and tells me the file is not a valid format. Also cannot see any ac$ files anywhere which I thought was the file extension.

Please help.

Thanks

[imadHabash]

Hi,

you may need to disable Automatic publish from Options command >> Plot and publish tab >> Auto publish . 

[ColinWolstencroft]

Hi there,

Checked that and Auto Publish is not enabled.

I am reading that my Windows is associating .bak files to PDF and am trying to sort that.

Meanwhile is there any way of getting this PDF file back to DWG so I can open it ? Have tried giving it a .dwg extension but Acrobat still opens and says format not supported.

Thanks

Colin

[ColinWolstencroft]

Re the above.

I have a bunch of BAK files in my temp folder. I try renaming the file ( 23mb ) and giving it a .dwg file extension. However, when I open it it opens as Drawing 1 with nothing on it. Very confused and in a bit of a panic as I saved a new drawing over an old file which I need to recover. Ideas please ?

Thank you all

[imadHabash]

>> I try renaming the file ( 23mb )

is it applicable to attache here this file for testing please or any other one ? 

[ColinWolstencroft]

So, for instance, the highlighted file. I copy it and rename with a.dwg file extension. Doesn't change and appears to stay as a BAK file. 22mb size. If I open it it, it opens as a new drawing. Drawing 1 with nothing in the drawing.

Thanks

Colin

[imadHabash]

we need the file itself for testing ... to see if we will have the same as you have ?

[imadHabash]

BTW .. how about trying to open the file end with .dwg above your marked one and have the same file size ?

[ColinWolstencroft]

So it won't let me attach the file as a .bak file is not supported. So it seems that even if I rename the file and the extension, it does not change ??

And the other file which you suggested, which I renamed earlier still says it is a BAK file even though the file extension was changed to DWG

Thanks

Colin

[edwin.prakoso]

From what I see here, you didn't change the file extension. Only renaming the file.

You need to change a setting in the File Explorer.

After you show the file extension, try to rename the extension again.

If it still fails, capture the file list and upload it again here.

[RobDraw]

^ This. ^

[ColinWolstencroft]

Hi there,

Found the issue. As you suggested. Issue for me was as explorer was not showing the file extension, when I renamed it with a new extension, I thought, it didn't change. Sorted now thank you.

One other thing though. I thought back up files were saved as ac$ files ? I do not see any. Only .bak.

Thanks

[RobDraw · Accepted solution]

.bak = back-up files

.ac$ = temporary files

[Kent1Cooper]

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@ColinWolstencroft wrote:

So it won't let me attach the file as a .bak file is not supported. ....

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[For future reference, you can post a file of an unsupported file type by putting it into a .ZIP file.]