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    Jack Adrian Zappa
    last edited by Apr 15, 2020, 7:42 PM

    Hello all,

    It used to be that if Notepad++ was closed without saving new documents, that they would then show up again when you reopen Notepad++. I’m not sure when this stopped working, but it is annoying.

    Is there a way to get this feature back?

    Thanks,

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      Alan Kilborn @Jack Adrian Zappa
      last edited by Apr 15, 2020, 7:52 PM

      @Jack-Adrian-Zappa

      Verify this setting is ticked:

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      But…there have been reports of catastrophic data loss from some users when running this way.
      My advice is to always save (yourself) your documents to disk.
      And to perform your own backups.
      Caveat Emptor.

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        Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
        last edited by Apr 15, 2020, 8:21 PM

        @Alan-Kilborn said :

        there have been reports of catastrophic data loss from some users when running this way.

        and in fact, I thought yours was going to be another such sad story when I saw the title of your thread.

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          Jack Adrian Zappa @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by Apr 15, 2020, 9:23 PM

          @Alan-Kilborn Hmmmm. So this setting wasn’t checked off, but that means that some update turned it off, which isn’t good.

          But…there have been reports of catastrophic data loss from some users when running this way.

          Has anyone discovered why the backup hasn’t worked in the past? I would think that should be a priority to fix.

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            Alan Kilborn @Jack Adrian Zappa
            last edited by Apr 15, 2020, 9:46 PM

            @Jack-Adrian-Zappa said in Notepad++ losing unsaved documents:

            but that means that some update turned it off,

            Maybe “some update” was pretty smart, protecting you from features currently in question. :-)

            I would think that should be a priority to fix.

            There’s been some attempts.

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