Re: lost files in openoffice
On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:21:16 +0100 Brian Hillier wrote: > Is there a way to recover unsaved files without having back up please. > Thanks Brian Hiller OpenOffice may have automatically made backup files: these will be in the folder indicated by /Tools /OpenOffice /Paths : Backup. Check there first. Otherwise, try a undelete utility such as Recuva or PhotoRec, -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
RE: lost files in openoffice
Function Autorecovering unsaved files starts always when OpenOffice runs again after a broken session. -Original Message- From: Brian Hillier Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2022 6:21 pm To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: lost files in openoffice Is there a way to recover unsaved files without having back up please. Thanks Brian Hiller - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost Files
Yes I keep it updated. The files disappeared right after a recent update. Found one in the cloud but that was all. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:58:54 +0100 > Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:39:31 -0400 >>> Larry Lineberry wrote: >>> >>> Many of my saved have recently disappeared for my Open Office software. To >>> my knowledge I have done nothing to erase my files which include medicine >>> files and my chechbook tabulations from previous years 2021, 2020, 2019, >>> 2018. The way I found this problem was when I went to give a doctors office >>> a list o my meds I couldn’t find the file. >>> >>> So my question is am I completely screwed, and the list of meds can be >>> regenerated but the check books data cannot. >>> >>> I need help, advice whatever. I thought this was reliable software. How can >>> this happen. I need answers and not some boilerplate that says and/.or >>> solves nothing. >>> >>> LL Lineberry, Jr >>> >> >> OpenOffice does not - repeat _NOT_ - erase files. They can be lost from the >> Recent Documents list, but that is only a list of shortcuts to recently used >> files; the files still remain in the disk in the folders in which they were >> saved. >> >> It is likely that a Windows update may have erased your files. >> >> But before deciding that, use your operating system file search to look for >> one file whose name you remember. >> >> -- >> Rory O'Farrell > > On inspecting the Headers of your message I see that you are using a Mac. > Have you, in recent years, upgraded your Mac operating system? > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost Files
My apologies for stating the obvious (if you are using a Mac), but if you have been using Time Machine you should be able to recover your lost files there, because TM is a backup app that also functions as an archive. Just go back to the last date before you lost the documents, i.e. select 'Enter Time Machine’ (from its icon in the menu bar) and scroll back to the required date, locate the files you've lost, and restore them. Warning: I’ve never had to do a bulk restore, I’ve only ever copied an older version of a file that I wanted to refer back to, so you should check the Apple Help to ensure you restore only what you want to, e.g. a selected folder?, without reverting other stuff to previous versions (you should be able to look up how to do that as easily as I can). If you haven't been using Time Machine you really should start using it now, so you have access to preserved copies of files if you need them in future. PCS > On 29 Mar 2022, at 3:20 am, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:58:54 +0100 > Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >> On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:39:31 -0400 >> Larry Lineberry wrote: >> >>> Many of my saved have recently disappeared for my Open Office software. To >>> my knowledge I have done nothing to erase my files which include medicine >>> files and my chechbook tabulations from previous years 2021, 2020, 2019, >>> 2018. The way I found this problem was when I went to give a doctors office >>> a list o my meds I couldn’t find the file. >>> >>> So my question is am I completely screwed, and the list of meds can be >>> regenerated but the check books data cannot. >>> >>> I need help, advice whatever. I thought this was reliable software. How can >>> this happen. I need answers and not some boilerplate that says and/.or >>> solves nothing. >>> >>> LL Lineberry, Jr >>> >> >> OpenOffice does not - repeat _NOT_ - erase files. They can be lost from the >> Recent Documents list, but that is only a list of shortcuts to recently used >> files; the files still remain in the disk in the folders in which they were >> saved. >> >> It is likely that a Windows update may have erased your files. >> >> But before deciding that, use your operating system file search to look for >> one file whose name you remember. >> >> -- >> Rory O'Farrell > > On inspecting the Headers of your message I see that you are using a Mac. > Have you, in recent years, upgraded your Mac operating system? > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
Re: Lost Files
On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:58:54 +0100 Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:39:31 -0400 > Larry Lineberry wrote: > > > Many of my saved have recently disappeared for my Open Office software. To > > my knowledge I have done nothing to erase my files which include medicine > > files and my chechbook tabulations from previous years 2021, 2020, 2019, > > 2018. The way I found this problem was when I went to give a doctors office > > a list o my meds I couldn’t find the file. > > > > So my question is am I completely screwed, and the list of meds can be > > regenerated but the check books data cannot. > > > > I need help, advice whatever. I thought this was reliable software. How can > > this happen. I need answers and not some boilerplate that says and/.or > > solves nothing. > > > > LL Lineberry, Jr > > > > OpenOffice does not - repeat _NOT_ - erase files. They can be lost from the > Recent Documents list, but that is only a list of shortcuts to recently used > files; the files still remain in the disk in the folders in which they were > saved. > > It is likely that a Windows update may have erased your files. > > But before deciding that, use your operating system file search to look for > one file whose name you remember. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell On inspecting the Headers of your message I see that you are using a Mac. Have you, in recent years, upgraded your Mac operating system? -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost Files
On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:39:31 -0400 Larry Lineberry wrote: > Many of my saved have recently disappeared for my Open Office software. To my > knowledge I have done nothing to erase my files which include medicine files > and my chechbook tabulations from previous years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. The > way I found this problem was when I went to give a doctors office a list o my > meds I couldn’t find the file. > > So my question is am I completely screwed, and the list of meds can be > regenerated but the check books data cannot. > > I need help, advice whatever. I thought this was reliable software. How can > this happen. I need answers and not some boilerplate that says and/.or solves > nothing. > > LL Lineberry, Jr > OpenOffice does not - repeat _NOT_ - erase files. They can be lost from the Recent Documents list, but that is only a list of shortcuts to recently used files; the files still remain in the disk in the folders in which they were saved. It is likely that a Windows update may have erased your files. But before deciding that, use your operating system file search to look for one file whose name you remember. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost files
On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:40:15 -0700 Pepper wrote: > I opened the OO spreadsheet and went to “recent files” and it showed none?! > What happened to those files? Can I recover them? HELP, please. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > The Recent Files entry is a set of pointers to the last files used. If that is null, the files are still on disk in the location in which they were saved and can be opened by using /File /Open, navigating to that location and opening each file individually, after which they will once again appear in Recent Files list. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: LOST FILES
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:52:27 -0500 edward difranco wrote: > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > I WAS USING MY OPEN OFFICE AND MY COMPUTER CRASHED. WHEN I GOT BACK ON LINE, > I WENT BACK TO OPEN OFFICE AND ALL MY FILES WERE > GONE. IS THERE ANY WAY TO RETRIEVE MY FILES?? If you mean that the documents no longer show on OpenOffice's /File /Recent Documents menu item, this is only a shortcut to the documents on your computer. For whatever reason - usually an improper close down of OpenOffice, perhaps caused by a Windows 10 upgrade forcing itself on your computer - this shortcut list has been damaged/erased; fortunately the documents on this list should still exist in whatever location they were saved on your computer. It should be possible to start OpenOffice (perhaps by an entry on the Programs button?) then use the navigation buttons on the /File /Open dialog to navigate to the locations in which the files were saved. As you Open each of these files in /File /Open, they will once again appear on Recent Documents. It is unfortunately the case that any documents open at the time of such a forced Windows upgrade may be damaged, usually beyond repair. Use the methods in this Tutorial - How to find and un-delete AOO temporary files at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71=85038] to attempt to find and recover such damaged files. If you are not familiar with computers, seek local informed help as soon as possible to employ the above methods and tutorial. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: LOST FILES
On 28/8/18 8:52 am, edward difranco wrote: Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I WAS USING MY OPEN OFFICE AND MY COMPUTER CRASHED. Because your computer crashed and not OpenOffice you need to find the solution within the file system of your Operating System. WHEN I GOT BACK ON LINE, I WENT BACK TO OPEN OFFICE AND ALL MY FILES WERE GONE. OpenOffice only maintain your document as long as you have it open in OpenOffice, after that it's your Operating System. IS THERE ANY WAY TO RETRIEVE MY FILES?? Yes there is a way, use the file manager of your Operating System. Because you didn't tell what you have done o bring your computer back on line it's hard to tell what to do. Did you for example have to reinstall your Operating System and or OpenOffice? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: lost files
Ray, The folder(s) are not in openoffice, they are on you computer's hard drive. On my computer it is a folder called Documents then in various subfolders in that folder. Please share with us what operating system you are using so that we can provide more specific help. Steve Sent from my iPad On Apr 9, 2015, at 1:53 PM, ray fauteux ytri...@yahoo.com.INVALID wrote: Hi I just updated to the new 4.1.1 Apache open office and can't seem to find the files that were in open office before the change was made. I was sent this email. Look in the folder(s) that you saved your file(s) in, the file(s) will still be there. As you work with the file(s) your recent document list will be repopulated. I don't know what folders he means or where I can find them in the new open office. Any ideas Ray - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
