How to recover a Notepad++ lost session
I had my Notepad++ with at least 50 opened files on it, organizing all my work.
I left the computer as always hibernating overnight and surprise, this morning all was gone.
An error message popped up when maximizing Notepad++, something along a file not being able to be opened.
I accepted the error and Notepad++ had no files on it.
After rebooting nothing changed, and in the backups folder I only found standalone old dirty files that I worked on a long time ago...
Any thoughts on how to recover my precious working session?
Thanks,
notepad++ session session-restore
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
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I had my Notepad++ with at least 50 opened files on it, organizing all my work.
I left the computer as always hibernating overnight and surprise, this morning all was gone.
An error message popped up when maximizing Notepad++, something along a file not being able to be opened.
I accepted the error and Notepad++ had no files on it.
After rebooting nothing changed, and in the backups folder I only found standalone old dirty files that I worked on a long time ago...
Any thoughts on how to recover my precious working session?
Thanks,
notepad++ session session-restore
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
I searched for the session.xml file on C:Usersuser.user-PCAppDataRoamingNotepad++ but it got "reset" and isn't showing all the old opened tabs. I went to [right click] > Preferences > Old Versions but there's no old version available. On Windows Temp folder there're no "session" files, on "n++" or "npp" or "notepad" files :(
– Peanuts
Jul 27 '18 at 16:41
Possible duplicate of Is there any way to recover unsaved notepad++ docs?
– JonathanDavidArndt
Aug 21 '18 at 13:02
add a comment |
I had my Notepad++ with at least 50 opened files on it, organizing all my work.
I left the computer as always hibernating overnight and surprise, this morning all was gone.
An error message popped up when maximizing Notepad++, something along a file not being able to be opened.
I accepted the error and Notepad++ had no files on it.
After rebooting nothing changed, and in the backups folder I only found standalone old dirty files that I worked on a long time ago...
Any thoughts on how to recover my precious working session?
Thanks,
notepad++ session session-restore
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
I had my Notepad++ with at least 50 opened files on it, organizing all my work.
I left the computer as always hibernating overnight and surprise, this morning all was gone.
An error message popped up when maximizing Notepad++, something along a file not being able to be opened.
I accepted the error and Notepad++ had no files on it.
After rebooting nothing changed, and in the backups folder I only found standalone old dirty files that I worked on a long time ago...
Any thoughts on how to recover my precious working session?
Thanks,
notepad++ session session-restore
notepad++ session session-restore
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
edited Jul 27 '18 at 15:47
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
asked Jul 27 '18 at 15:42
Peanuts
1105
1105
I searched for the session.xml file on C:Usersuser.user-PCAppDataRoamingNotepad++ but it got "reset" and isn't showing all the old opened tabs. I went to [right click] > Preferences > Old Versions but there's no old version available. On Windows Temp folder there're no "session" files, on "n++" or "npp" or "notepad" files :(
– Peanuts
Jul 27 '18 at 16:41
Possible duplicate of Is there any way to recover unsaved notepad++ docs?
– JonathanDavidArndt
Aug 21 '18 at 13:02
add a comment |
I searched for the session.xml file on C:Usersuser.user-PCAppDataRoamingNotepad++ but it got "reset" and isn't showing all the old opened tabs. I went to [right click] > Preferences > Old Versions but there's no old version available. On Windows Temp folder there're no "session" files, on "n++" or "npp" or "notepad" files :(
– Peanuts
Jul 27 '18 at 16:41
Possible duplicate of Is there any way to recover unsaved notepad++ docs?
– JonathanDavidArndt
Aug 21 '18 at 13:02
I searched for the session.xml file on C:Usersuser.user-PCAppDataRoamingNotepad++ but it got "reset" and isn't showing all the old opened tabs. I went to [right click] > Preferences > Old Versions but there's no old version available. On Windows Temp folder there're no "session" files, on "n++" or "npp" or "notepad" files :(
– Peanuts
Jul 27 '18 at 16:41
I searched for the session.xml file on C:Usersuser.user-PCAppDataRoamingNotepad++ but it got "reset" and isn't showing all the old opened tabs. I went to [right click] > Preferences > Old Versions but there's no old version available. On Windows Temp folder there're no "session" files, on "n++" or "npp" or "notepad" files :(
– Peanuts
Jul 27 '18 at 16:41
Possible duplicate of Is there any way to recover unsaved notepad++ docs?
– JonathanDavidArndt
Aug 21 '18 at 13:02
Possible duplicate of Is there any way to recover unsaved notepad++ docs?
– JonathanDavidArndt
Aug 21 '18 at 13:02
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You cannot, but you can secure against happening this again.
This is possible if you have your cloud path set in Preferences:
After the breakdown, immediately turn off syncing with the cloud and restore the original file from there. If your cloud has file versioning, then it is simpler: just retrieve the older version of the sessions.xml.
This also works for all other setting files, see the link above for details.
Also be sure that you updated to at least Notepad++ 7.5.9.
In its list of fixed bugs, there is
- Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination.
So yes, this has been addressed in October 2018.
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
add a comment |
Thanks to Joe Pineda for his comment on the backup folder. After losing my crashed session, I saw that in this folder there were many files - both unsaved notes and opened existing files. They were of non-zero size in bytes but neither the ordinary Notepad, nor Notepad++ itself displayed anything. However, you can read them in Linux.
Remember to make a copy of your backup directory in case something unexpectedly goes wrong.
I recovered my unsaved notes by making a list of the file names and removing the "new" from the filename (Windows just loves spaces in file names).
for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done
This list of names can be saved in a variable and then the files can be copied to e.g .txt:
filenames=$(for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done)
for f in $filenames ; do cp 'new '$f 'new '$f.txt; done
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
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You cannot, but you can secure against happening this again.
This is possible if you have your cloud path set in Preferences:
After the breakdown, immediately turn off syncing with the cloud and restore the original file from there. If your cloud has file versioning, then it is simpler: just retrieve the older version of the sessions.xml.
This also works for all other setting files, see the link above for details.
Also be sure that you updated to at least Notepad++ 7.5.9.
In its list of fixed bugs, there is
- Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination.
So yes, this has been addressed in October 2018.
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
add a comment |
You cannot, but you can secure against happening this again.
This is possible if you have your cloud path set in Preferences:
After the breakdown, immediately turn off syncing with the cloud and restore the original file from there. If your cloud has file versioning, then it is simpler: just retrieve the older version of the sessions.xml.
This also works for all other setting files, see the link above for details.
Also be sure that you updated to at least Notepad++ 7.5.9.
In its list of fixed bugs, there is
- Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination.
So yes, this has been addressed in October 2018.
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
add a comment |
You cannot, but you can secure against happening this again.
This is possible if you have your cloud path set in Preferences:
After the breakdown, immediately turn off syncing with the cloud and restore the original file from there. If your cloud has file versioning, then it is simpler: just retrieve the older version of the sessions.xml.
This also works for all other setting files, see the link above for details.
Also be sure that you updated to at least Notepad++ 7.5.9.
In its list of fixed bugs, there is
- Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination.
So yes, this has been addressed in October 2018.
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
You cannot, but you can secure against happening this again.
This is possible if you have your cloud path set in Preferences:
After the breakdown, immediately turn off syncing with the cloud and restore the original file from there. If your cloud has file versioning, then it is simpler: just retrieve the older version of the sessions.xml.
This also works for all other setting files, see the link above for details.
Also be sure that you updated to at least Notepad++ 7.5.9.
In its list of fixed bugs, there is
- Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination.
So yes, this has been addressed in October 2018.
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
edited Nov 18 '18 at 22:49
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
answered Nov 18 '18 at 22:23
miroxlav
7,34842467
7,34842467
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
add a comment |
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
I have Notepad++ 7.5.9 and this just happened to me: my computer lost power (UPS failed!) and when I opened Notepad++ again I see a clean session. In the "backup" folder I see copies of the unnamed files, but I see no way to restore all the named files I was working on
– Joe Pineda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:18
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@JoePineda – hm, thanks for sharing. So maybe the cloud backup is really the next option to try? Even if the backup may be delayed, it can be still better to recover somewhat older tab set then start with blank one.
– miroxlav
Nov 23 '18 at 9:00
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
@miroxlav I ended up installing "recuva" as suggested in another answer to the same data loss by Notepad++ - it worked like a charm, recovering all the files I was working at the moment, and even the session file (which I manually substituted). I only needed to point recuva to a shared folder on another network machine to leave the files at. I was dissappointed by Notepad++, though, this destroying of user info is totally unacceptable - they should be using SQLite or something like that to have ACID changes in the files they're touching, database-style
– Joe Pineda
Nov 26 '18 at 23:46
add a comment |
Thanks to Joe Pineda for his comment on the backup folder. After losing my crashed session, I saw that in this folder there were many files - both unsaved notes and opened existing files. They were of non-zero size in bytes but neither the ordinary Notepad, nor Notepad++ itself displayed anything. However, you can read them in Linux.
Remember to make a copy of your backup directory in case something unexpectedly goes wrong.
I recovered my unsaved notes by making a list of the file names and removing the "new" from the filename (Windows just loves spaces in file names).
for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done
This list of names can be saved in a variable and then the files can be copied to e.g .txt:
filenames=$(for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done)
for f in $filenames ; do cp 'new '$f 'new '$f.txt; done
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
Suzanka
11
add a comment |
Thanks to Joe Pineda for his comment on the backup folder. After losing my crashed session, I saw that in this folder there were many files - both unsaved notes and opened existing files. They were of non-zero size in bytes but neither the ordinary Notepad, nor Notepad++ itself displayed anything. However, you can read them in Linux.
Remember to make a copy of your backup directory in case something unexpectedly goes wrong.
I recovered my unsaved notes by making a list of the file names and removing the "new" from the filename (Windows just loves spaces in file names).
for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done
This list of names can be saved in a variable and then the files can be copied to e.g .txt:
filenames=$(for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done)
for f in $filenames ; do cp 'new '$f 'new '$f.txt; done
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
Suzanka
11
add a comment |
Thanks to Joe Pineda for his comment on the backup folder. After losing my crashed session, I saw that in this folder there were many files - both unsaved notes and opened existing files. They were of non-zero size in bytes but neither the ordinary Notepad, nor Notepad++ itself displayed anything. However, you can read them in Linux.
Remember to make a copy of your backup directory in case something unexpectedly goes wrong.
I recovered my unsaved notes by making a list of the file names and removing the "new" from the filename (Windows just loves spaces in file names).
for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done
This list of names can be saved in a variable and then the files can be copied to e.g .txt:
filenames=$(for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done)
for f in $filenames ; do cp 'new '$f 'new '$f.txt; done
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
Suzanka
11
Thanks to Joe Pineda for his comment on the backup folder. After losing my crashed session, I saw that in this folder there were many files - both unsaved notes and opened existing files. They were of non-zero size in bytes but neither the ordinary Notepad, nor Notepad++ itself displayed anything. However, you can read them in Linux.
Remember to make a copy of your backup directory in case something unexpectedly goes wrong.
I recovered my unsaved notes by making a list of the file names and removing the "new" from the filename (Windows just loves spaces in file names).
for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done
This list of names can be saved in a variable and then the files can be copied to e.g .txt:
filenames=$(for note in $(ls new*); do echo $note | grep -v new; done)
for f in $filenames ; do cp 'new '$f 'new '$f.txt; done
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
Suzanka
11
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
Suzanka
11
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
Suzanka
11
answered Dec 9 '18 at 11:53
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I searched for the session.xml file on C:Usersuser.user-PCAppDataRoamingNotepad++ but it got "reset" and isn't showing all the old opened tabs. I went to [right click] > Preferences > Old Versions but there's no old version available. On Windows Temp folder there're no "session" files, on "n++" or "npp" or "notepad" files :(
– Peanuts
Jul 27 '18 at 16:41
Possible duplicate of Is there any way to recover unsaved notepad++ docs?
– JonathanDavidArndt
Aug 21 '18 at 13:02