Missing File
My laptop unexpectedly shut down while I was working on a score. On starting MuseScore again, I got the usual crash message, something like 'Musescore has closed unexpectedly. Restore last session?' I selected 'yes,' and continued working on the score, saving periodically. I finished the score, saved it, and closed MuseScore.
Turns out, I never used 'Save As,' and was continually overwriting . . . the autosave? However, as I look in the MuseScore's AppData folder (which is where I understand autosaves are), I can only find the original autosave, which has very little progress. (I can see Hidden Items). The file I was working on does not show up in the 'Open Recent' list.
I know I was saving all along the way, and definitely saved before closing MuseScore, but I have no idea where the file I worked on has gone. My best guess is that it was a temporary file, and was auto-deleted upon closing MuseScore . . . but it's not in the Recycle bin. Are temporary files permanently deleted?
Is there any hope I'll be able to recover my work?
Comments
You've already seen https://musescore.org/en/handbook/file-formats-0
and https://musescore.org/en/node/52116
Perhaps 'Save as' has it saved in a different folder?
In reply to You've already seen by Shoichi
That was my initial thought. However, I checked, and 'Save As' is still pointed to the MuseScore folder in Documents. To be sure, I also checked every commonly saved-to location -- Desktop, Downloads, etc.
No luck.
In reply to That was my initial thought. by Нейтан Толман
Search all files in a date range?
In reply to Search all files in a date by Shoichi
Good idea! Currently running search.
In reply to Good idea! Currently running by Нейтан Толман
have you a 'VirtualStore' folder?
In reply to have you a 'VirtualStore' by Shoichi
see: https://musescore.org/en/node/56971
In reply to see: by Shoichi
Splendid! I found the file in VirtualStore, and all is well!
Many thanks! It's immensely relieving to have all the work back, and I didn't know about VirtualStore before.
In reply to Splendid! I found the file in by Нейтан Толман
;-)
Buona musica!