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    Notepad++ got crashed and session.xml got lost and replaced !!

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    • Shella Aaron
      Shella Aaron last edited by

      I have no way to restore the file, I try data recovery software and can’t get it to restore the file, I even enabled backup feature in notepad++ but I can’t find the xml file in backup even, so I am unsure what to do to restore he session.xml file !!

      please, kindly help.
      Thanks,
      Shella

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      • David Bailey
        David Bailey last edited by David Bailey

        Sheilla,

        I have no idea why NP++ crashed - but remember any program can crash if you have some bad hardware in your system - but if you are working on files that matter to you it really is vital to back them up effectively.

        I am a software developer, and I back up all my files excepting the system directories on at least a weekly basis. The backup goes on a removable hard drive, and I also share my backup with a couple of friends so that even if my house were burgled or caught fire (God forbid) I would still have access to my files. I also actually open the odd file in my backups from time to time, because I know a guy who was backing things up regularly, but didn’t check he could restore from the backup until the day his hard disk broke!

        Personally I don’t use the backup mechanism in NP++ - I’d rather use independent software to do the job - after all, if software A might have a fault, you don’t want to use it to save your backups as well! I trust NP++ very much, but no piece of software is utterly trustworthy - particularly in a world where every piece of software - including the operating system is changing all the time!

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        • guy038
          guy038 last edited by

          Hello @david-bailey and All,

          I have never read, yet, a more intelligent text, about the general problem of backups :-)) I, personally, think that this article deserves to be located in the FAQ section !

          Cheers,

          guy038

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