Recover sv$ (autosave) files lost

[Anonymous]

I accidentally didn't save a document that needed saving. My Autocad 2019 is set up to autosave every 10 minutes. I need to recover the file that was last autosaved. However, when I migrated my settings from an old computer to the one I am on now, I brought the autosave file path as well. The autosave file path does not exist on my new computer. Where have all my files been autosaving or how do I find out?

Thanks!

[ed57gmc]

Type OPTIONS, go to the Files tab and expand Automatic Save File Location.

[john.vellek]

HI @Anonymous,

Autosave is not intended to be used as backup. It will save drawings that have modifications within the specified time period but will be removed it you perform a Save, Saveas, QSave, ETC.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

[pendean]

Search in your Windows log-in temp folder
C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Temp

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the reply. My login name temp folder does not exist either...Any ideas?

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

You can type %temp% at the Windows command line to take you to your temp folder.

[Anonymous]

Worked like a dream. Thank you!