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    Had to reboot PC. I lost all my unsaved docs in N++. How can I get them back?

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    • Doug RobinsonD Offline
      Doug Robinson
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      I had many unsaved documents in Notepad++ and unfortunately because of another program that locked my PC up tight, I had to reboot my PC. After the reboot, I started N++ again, only to find none of the documents came up like they usually do. There must be a running backup of those somewhere on my PC, but I don’t know where, and I don’t know how to bring them back in. And this time, I’ll save them all so this can’t happen again.

      How do I bring them back? Thanks for your help!

      Notepad++ v8.4.4 (32-bit)
      Build time : Jul 15 2022 - 17:56:38
      Path : D:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
      Command Line : “C:\Users\Doug\Downloads\Altspace\Universes 08-06-2022.txt”
      Admin mode : ON
      Local Conf mode : OFF
      Cloud Config : OFF
      OS Name : Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
      OS Build : 7601.0
      Current ANSI codepage : 1252
      Plugins :
      mimeTools (2.8)
      NppConverter (4.4)
      NppExport (0.4)

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        Terry R @Doug Robinson
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        @Doug-Robinson said in Had to reboot PC. I lost all my unsaved docs in N++. How can I get them back?:

        How do I bring them back? Thanks for your help!

        You aren’t the first to fall into this hole, and definitely won’t be the last. You have used a feature of Notepad++ without fully understanding it, let’s hope it wasn’t to your detriment.

        Because so many have this issue (not reading and understanding the manual on this feature), there has been a FAQ post created here. You should read that, and if there are still issues you don’t fully understand come back with more questions.

        Terry

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          Doug Robinson @Terry R
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          @Terry-R OK, so RTFM. lol Fair enough. Thanks!

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