I am trying to figure out how I can recover a file. I will post a picture of what the file says when I attempt to open it.
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Your picture didn’t upload. Can you upload the Lightburn file?
It looks like the path/filename is from a ZIP file that was on your Dropbox.
I just don’t understand what happened because I had originally saved it as “highland cow sign and bridal hanger charm”
I do have a highland cow Zip folder but it shouldn’t be part of my lightburn file. And for some reason my auto save which is on 20 min increments, hasn’t actually been keeping saved files in my documents (since June 2023) I’m assuming that is a separate issue.
Is there anyway to recover this?
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See if you can find the zip file at the path in your recent files list
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Open up the zip file in File Explorer and click the ‘Extract All’ button:
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Navigate up one folder level
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Hopefully you should be able to see your lbrn2 file which you can now open.
After extracting the file I’d recommend moving it somewhere else that isn’t in a temp folder as these can sometimes be cleared out periodically.
Hope this helps.
It is only under my recent projects under “file” on lightburn and its number 8. When I click on it, the other pic I posted is what pops up. If I go to “open” then “home” and recent, it shows 7 of my most recent so it leaves the one I want off. I can’t find it anywhere else.
The 2nd pic I sent is what it does when I click on that.
Your filename is Bridal Hanger Charms.lbrn2
Use your Windows File Explorer and search your C: drive for that filename
Can you try this?
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Open Windows File Explorer and navigate to: C:\Users\lular\AppData\Local\Temp\
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If the file ‘e3e90c41-161f-4960-9da4-81295c9d37dd_HighlandCow.zip’ exists then double-click it.
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Perform the ‘Extract All’ etc. as in my previous post.
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If you managed to perform all of the above successfully you should now have a LightBurn file that you can open.