Crash Recovery - Old Versions Folder

[Anonymous]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in my experience, if and when Inventor crashes, more often than not there'll be a copy of the file(s) I was working on in the "OldVersions" folder that can be opened and is usually where I was at time of crash, even if I hadn't saved in a while.

Is this not the case any more? I've got a user that claims he lost a days worth of work thanks to an Inventor crash.

I know, I know, he needs to save more often, but still, shouldn't the file be in the old versions folder due to the crash? He says there's no files there.

[Frederick_Law]

Check Application Settings.

OldVersions can be turn off by user.

I usually keep 5.

Also you'll have an OldVersion ONLY if you saved it.

It save your last saved version.

So if user start a new file and never saved it, there will be no OldVersion.

[Anonymous]

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@Frederick_Law wrote:

Also you'll have an OldVersion ONLY if you saved it.

It save your last saved version.

So if user start a new file and never saved it, there will be no OldVersion.

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Now see, I always thought it saved on the crash...at least I could have sworn it does.

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi Jim,

You might have misunderstood how it works. \OldVersions\ folder simply keeps a copy of of last saved file. It has nothing to do with crash or not. If Inventor crashes during save, you may get .newVer file in the same folder as the target file. Usually, .newVer is incomplete and it cannot be used.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

@johnsonshiue  I guess I did. I was always under the impression if Inventor crashed, one was able to pull the file out of the oldVersions folder and not lose any work...had a few people claim this over the years and I'm pretty sure I've seen such stated here as well.

Guess old age is catching up to me. Time to start looking for a bait shop for sale....;)

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Jim,

I believe whoever claimed that ability did not know how Inventor works. There isn't an automatic backup running behind the scene. \OldVersions\ only keeps the last saved versions. Unsaved data is lost once Inventor aborts uncleanly. At Inventor App store, there are Add-Ins claiming the ability to save automatically. I have not used those. I am not endorsing any of those Add-Ins. The only thing I can say is that if it was technically easy, it should have been done in INV.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

@johnsonshiue  Oh I don't doubt that one bit. I personally never needed to use the process so I never actually verified such. I cannot recall the last time Inventor crashed on me...guess I'm not pushing it enough...lol

I agree, I would not in any way want an autosave feature on Inventor, or any other parametric modeler.

I know that's been tossed around here too and was probably where I saw the claims on the oldVersions stuff.

Thanks for the info.