Can I recover my lost sessions of Session Buddy after reinstallig Chrome Navigator or Windows?

[Dani]

Can I recover my lost sessions of Session Buddy after reinstallig
Chrome Navigator or Windows?

I have saved the google and session buddy directory many times after
and before a crash of my system and after lose my session of session
buddy. are ther any file in wwhere all this information can be
converted os renamed into an htm file par example?

Thanks at all.

[Hans Meyer]

The SB data file contains all user settings and session data. It is a sqlite db file.

Location of Session Buddy data file:

Windows Vista, Windows 7:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

OSX:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

Ubuntu:

/home/<username>/.config/google-chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

[TWL]

Hi, Hans. 1st I'd like to thank you a lot for the excellent program you have created.

The thing is, my SB icon was gray and I couldn't open it at all. I then went to Google apps and thought if I reinstalled it the sessions would be recovered, but there's nothing in the list of saved sessions (there were about 150 sessions dating back over a year!)

Is it all gone forever or can I recover it somehow?

I am using XP and cannot find SB anywhere in C.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give and thanks Dani for starting this thread (hope you don't think I'm hijacking it!).

Tom

[Hans Meyer]

Hi Tom, I'm happy to help out. I'll need a bit more information to start troubleshooting this issue. 

Can you tell me the names, dates, and sizes of all files in the following folder:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0 

Thanks,

Hans

[Salic Khan]

Hi Hansifer, I am using Windows 8 and Session Buddy automatically updated and I lost my previous sessions. Is there any way I can get it back? Where is the file in Win 8? Thanks.

[Hansifer]

Salic, I don't know where the Session Buddy data file is on Windows 8. I would expect it to be the same or similar to the Windows 7 path, but I'm sure you've already checked that.

Upgrading SB shouldn't have reset your data file. Did you try restarting Chrome?

[Salic Khan]

I searched for an "AppData" folder on my Win 8 computer and it didn't find it. I'm not sure if it was updating, but Session Buddy was asking me to review my Agreement terms, to enable it to access all sites, etc.. after that happened, it reloaded and everything was gone. I'm a bit sad. I restarted my computer and Chrome, that didn't help. Is there any way u can help me recover it? :) Thanks.

[Hans Meyer]

Try to navigate to the data folder directly rather than searching, since that folder might be hidden. I don't know what File Explorer looks like in Windows 8, but there's got to be a way to do that. Google it.

When you find the data folder, there may be a shadow copy of it for you to restore. You can check this with the following procedure in Windows 7 (I don't know how much of this also applies to Windows 8. Google it.):

- Shut down Chrome.

- Navigate back up to "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases"

- Right-click on the folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0"

- Click "Restore previous versions"

- This will hopefully show you a list of folders to restore.

Hans

[Adrian Gaines]

Hi Hans, I hope you see this, and can help me with my problem when you have a moment. 

I'm stuck on trying to recover my lost sessions data, but before I tell you how, I think it might be important that I tell how I lost my data to begin with. My Sessions Buddy extensions tab wouldn't open a new Sessions Buddy tab. I attempted repeatedly to do so, but ended in vain. I then proceeded to go to my Google Extensions Management. I disable the Sessions Buddy, without really thinking about what would happen, because I was in a bit of a rush, and re-enabled it just a few seconds later. When I seen the Sessions Buddy extensions turn blue again (it was blue when it wasn't working, I don't know if that information is relevant or not though) and when I clicked on it, it worked. But when the Sessions Buddy extension tab created the actually Chrome tab, all my sessions were completely gone. The previous sessions, and most importantly my saved sessions. Every since then, I've been panic'd, and searching the internet for solutions on how to recover all my saved sessions. That's when I stumbled upon this group chat thing (sorry, but I'm not all that familiar with Google+). 

Getting back to where I became stuck when using your directions to recover my data.

Follow: "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases"

- Right-click on the folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" 

I proceed to go to my C: Drive, then to Users, next Username, and after I was in the Username file, I didn't see any AppData file. I then tried searching for it in the start  search bar, but no luck. So I was wondering, if you could help me go from here. Any help would be immensely appreciated! 

P.S. Are you the one who created Sessions Buddy? If so, I would like to genuinely thank you for creating such an helpful, and absolutely amazing feature to use. I can't express enough how much it has helped me over the past two years or so. Thank you!

[Hans Meyer]

The AppData folder is normally hidden. If you paste the full path "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases" into the file explorer address bar and hit Enter, it should take you there.

Let me know how the recovery goes.

Cheers,

Hans

PS - yes, I created SB. Thanks for the compliments!

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[Adrian Gaines]

Hi again Hans, 

Thank you so much for replying and getting me to the destination I needed. :) There is, however, another problem that has arisen. Once I got to the correct folder, the file was in the state of the image I attached. I honestly don't know where to go from here. I know you must be really busy, and I hate that my computer skills are lacking, but if you when you have the chance to, help me once again? Any more help would be just as much be greatly appreciated as the last.

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[Hans Meyer]

Try this:

- Shut down Chrome. Make sure it's completely shut down by checking the Windows tooltray for the Chrome icon.

- Navigate back up to "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases"

- Right-click on the folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0"

- Click "Restore previous versions"

Send me a screenshot of the dialog that appears and we'll go from there.

Also, am I correct in assuming that currently SB is working fine but you're missing session data?

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[Adrian Gaines]

Yes, that assumption is indeed correct. The process in which to restore data is successful, but somehow or another, it wasn't the data that was originally lost. The sessions that were previously lost numbered somewhere between 800 to 1,100 saved sessions. I think I mentioned before that I've been using your excellent program for well over a year, not two in fact. But when I restored it, there were only sessions that I had just recently made after the lost. None of which were from before. 

I don't think I'll ever recover that missing data, but for your tremendous help, I am regardless, very, very thankful. I know that I should export (which I only discovered after the lost) often, and thus have back ups. But also, for your time - I know it must have interfered with your daily schedule in one form or another, and for the time you've dedicated to helping me, that's really amazing! 

P.S. Take care Hans, and thank you! :) Also would it be okay to add you in my circle for any future events? 

Try this:

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[Hans Meyer]

No worries, Adrian. 

Out of curiosity, can you send me another screenshot of the database folder post-restore.

Thanks,

Hans

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[Adrian Gaines]

Here you go Hans. The post-restored screen shots. 

[Hans Meyer]

OK, I think that file "14" (generated by the restore of the SB data folder) contains the sessions you're missing. You'll need to take a few extra steps to get Chrome to use this file instead of the file "28" which Chrome probably created when you re-enabled the extension.

1) Make a backup copy of the data folder ("chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0") for safe-keeping.

2) Shut down Chrome. Make sure it's completely shut down by checking the Windows tooltray for absence of the Chrome icon.

3) Rename the file "28" in the data folder to "28_backup"

4) Rename the file "14" in the data folder to "28"

5) Restart Chrome.

If this results in your original issue (SB tab won't open), then send the file "14" in the backed-up data folder to sup...@sessionbuddy.com and I'll try to repair it.

Let me know how it goes.

Hans

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[Adrian Gaines]

Hans, I am forever indebted to you! I can barely find the words to express my gratitude for helping me restore my missing data. Thank you 9.9x10^24 (that's a lot in chemistry nerd language lol). I'm actually on the verge of tears because a good chunk of the data that was lost was important for my comic I've been planning and writing for the past several months. But not only that, but other very important information to me. And for all your help, I'll never forget it. Even more so, I plan to now have a very special thanks in the creation of my comic when it gets around to publication! I can not thank you enough, Hans, just cannot. I was definitely about to give up, but you kept working hard on my behalf, trying to restore my missing data, and it succeeded. I know I must be rambling but I'm overly excited because of this fortunate turn of events. 

You are my hero! From this moment and onward. :D Thank you! 

[Hans Meyer]

No worries, Adrian. I'm glad I was able to help out. Sorry you were having issues in the first place.

Keep me updated on the comic. I'd love to read it when it's published.

Take care,

Hans

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[David Johnson]

Hi Hans,

 

I read through the previous posts but it didn't seem to help.  I too have lost many many tabs and previous sessions that I had stored in SB.  Here is what happened/what I did:

 

I seemed to have a virus in chrome that attached itself to Flash.  I would get ads in web pages that should not have had any ads, random new tabs opening all the time which tried to lure me to porn sites, and new tabs popping up saying Flash was out of date.

 

I uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled it.  All the extensions that I had prior to the uninstall still existed and functioned as expected (including the virus-ads popping up).

 

I deleted all extensions from Settings/Extensions and hitting the trash icon (I thought I recalled doing this in the past and after reinstalling SB the old sessions still existed so I didn't worry about doing this).

 

I reinstalled my extensions (Chrome Remote Desktop, Session Buddy, a FB Unfriend app, and one or two others).

 

The virus seemed to be gone but so were my previous SB Session history.

 

One at a time, I tried restoring two previous versions of the "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases" files using the restore method you described above.

 

Neither file gave me my previous sessions so I manually renamed the folder on the C: drive using a .old file extension and resored the folder from an automatic backup that backs up the entire drive every night.

 

Still no good.

 

I deleted "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases" folder and renamed the .old folder removing the .old extention and that's where I am now.

 

PLEASE HELP!!!

 

Thanks in advance.

[David Johnson]

Actually I think I got it.  I opened the DB files with notepad and was able to rename files as you outlined and I'm checking through things now to see if all my data is there.  By the way, thanks for creating such a great extension, as you can perhaps tell, I live and die by it!!!

Rgds,

David

[J J Velez]

Followed these new instructions and they worked perfectly! Don't know why the old way didn't work but glad this one did. Thanks so much for your support!

[twe...@gmail.com]

hi hansifer,pass few days im having problem with my session buddy today i un-install my SB and re-install it again but i found my old saved session missing....

i followed your steps to restore my saved session but once i select the restore previous version it shows 'There are no previous version available.....Please help me to overcome this...

[Hans Meyer]

Not much I can do I'm afraid if your old SB data file is not obtainable via shadow copy or backup.

Hans

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hi hansifer,pass few days im having problem with my session buddy today i un-install my SB and re-install it again but i found my old saved session missing....

i followed your steps to restore my saved session but once i select the restore previous version it shows 'There are no previous version available.....Please help me to overcome this...

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[dhyan joshi]

hey hansifer,

i am also facing the same problem.

after restoring back the mentioned folder to previous versions i didn't get my sessions back.

i really want my saved sessions back

please tell me what to do???

 

[Hans Meyer]

@dhyan: sorry, I should have been more specific: I need a screenshot of the user data folder (as per http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm)

Hans

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Hans Meyer <hans...@gmail.com> wrote:

@ dhyan: Can you send me a screenshot of what your SB data folder looks like currently? You can send it to sup...@sessionbuddy.com.

See:

Location of Google Chrome Session Buddy data files

http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm

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[dhyan joshi]

 this is after i had done restore to previous session in the /database folder

[dhyan joshi]

can i restore my laptop by using system restore??

will it solve the problem??

[Hans Meyer]

OK dhyan, do the following:

1) Shut down Chrome. Make sure it's completely shut down by checking the Windows tooltray for absence of the Chrome icon.

2) Rename the file "1" in the data folder to "1_backup"

3) Rename the file "19" in the data folder to "1"

4) Restart Chrome.

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can i restore my laptop by using system restore??

will it solve the problem??

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[Hans Meyer]

I do not recommend ever using Windows System Restore, except as a last resort. Speaking from experience, it commonly causes more problems than it solves.

[Hans Meyer]

@ dhyan: Can you send me a screenshot of what your SB data folder looks like currently? You can send it to sup...@sessionbuddy.com.

See:

Location of Google Chrome Session Buddy data files

http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm

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[dhyan joshi]

no man,

nothing changed

i need to inform you that there was chkdsk utility run on my computer before having this problem.

can anythng be done now??

 

[Hans Meyer]

1) save a session in SB, then send me another screenshot of the data folder

2) send the file "19" (which you have renamed to "1") to sup...@sessionbuddy.com

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[dhyan joshi]

ok,

 do u think i will get my sessions back??

[Hans Meyer]

I'll exhaust every known option and do my best, dhyan.

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 6:37 PM, dhyan joshi <dhy...@gmail.com> wrote:

ok,

 do u think i will get my sessions back??

[Hans Meyer]

It doesn't look like the data file updated at all (assuming you saved a session as per #1). This means we're looking at the wrong folder. Are you using a profile? Can you email me a screenshot of the chrome://version/ page.

Hans

[Hans Meyer]

BTW, I think your lost sessions are in that "1" file, judging from its size and date. We just need to find the right folder to drop it into.

[Tomer]

I figured out a way to recover a lost database file after doing a System Refresh on Windows 8 (and having to reinstall chrome). File History was off and I thought all was lost. Luckily I found the old database in C:\Windows.old\Users\... the rest of the instructions are as Hans explains above.

Hope if anyone finds themselves in trouble, as I did, this will save the day and keep productivity up! And thanks Hans!

[Hans Meyer]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Hans

[svan]

Hi Hans,

Thank you so much for creating Session Buddy!

Would you mind telling me how I can recover my lost sessions after re-installing Chrome on OS X?

The only thing in my "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" folder is a file named "1". This document only contains information from the session I just saved a few minutes ago.

Does that mean that my SB data is completely lost?

Thanks!

[Hans Meyer]

Unfortunately, SB user data is currently only stored locally (as a numbered file in "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0"), so unless you have a backup you can restore from (I don't know to what extent backup/versioning is automated in OS X), that data is lost.

Hans

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[Jazome]

If I reset my chrome browser settings..is it possible to restore my previous information in SB? I think the answer is no..but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask..especially since I have really important sessions I lost. Unfortunately, I assumed Chrome was the issue with all the extra pop-ups each time I clicked a link when it was some sort of malware. T_T Thanks in advance!

[Hans Meyer]

@Jazome: if by "reset my chrome browser settings" you mean that you re-installed the browser, then you may have lost your Session Buddy sessions. 

However, you may be able to recover your sessions from a shadow copy of the user data file if you're on Windows (I'm assuming you don't have a system backup to restore from. If you do, then recovery is trivial).

Let me know and we'll go from there.

Hans

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Jazome <xswtbb...@gmail.com> wrote:

If I reset my chrome browser settings..is it possible to restore my previous information in SB? I think the answer is no..but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask..especially since I have really important sessions I lost. Unfortunately, I assumed Chrome was the issue with all the extra pop-ups each time I clicked a link when it was some sort of malware. T_T Thanks in advance!

[Patrick Osborne]

Hans,

I uninstalled/re-installed Chrome to clear up a bug I was having with sync. But I forgot to backup SB and was so worried that I lost all of my sessions, but your helpful instructions did the trick. I was able to restore from just before I removed Chrome. 

I love this extension & use it all the time, but I have just one question: Will SB backup to gdrive [or other cloud] in the future? It would be a dream come true to access my sessions from other computers/devices!

Anyway, thank you for all your hard work. It is much appreciated.

[Hans Meyer]

Yes, I'm working on cloud backup and sync. It's a huge project that's been ongoing for some time, but rest assured it is still actively being developed.

Glad you like the extension.

Cheers,

Hans

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[ahmed hkii]

   hay han i have problam with SB plz

[nh sandeep]

Hi Hans,

When Session Buddy was removed from the chrome store, I happened to update google chrome and lost all my Session Buddy sessions. Is there a way to recover my saved sessions? I checked in the default location where all the sessions would be stored usually, but there is none in there.

Thank you,

Sandeep

[Hans Meyer]

Hi Sandeep, are you using Windows?

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[nh sandeep]

Hans,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I am using Windows.

Thank you,
Sandeep

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Hi Sandeep, are you using Windows?

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:51 PM, nh sandeep <sand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Hans,

When Session Buddy was removed from the chrome store, I happened to update google chrome and lost all my Session Buddy sessions. Is there a way to recover my saved sessions? I checked in the default location where all the sessions would be stored usually, but there is none in there.

Thank you,

Sandeep

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[Hans Meyer]

Find the path of your Chrome profile (most likely Default) as per these instructions:

http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm

In this profile folder, click through to the "databases" subfolder. Is there a folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" in this "databases" folder?

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[nh sandeep]

Yes, I did look into these instructions. I don't see my previously saved sessions. Is there a way to recover these sessions?

Thank you,
Sandeep

On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 9:38:52 PM UTC-5, Hansifer wrote:

Find the path of your Chrome profile (most likely Default) as per these instructions:

http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm

In this profile folder, click through to the "databases" subfolder. Is there a folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" in this "databases" folder?

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:13 PM, nh sandeep <sand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hans,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I am using Windows.

Thank you,
Sandeep

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:23:37 PM UTC-5, Hansifer wrote:

Hi Sandeep, are you using Windows?

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:51 PM, nh sandeep <sand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Hans,

When Session Buddy was removed from the chrome store, I happened to update google chrome and lost all my Session Buddy sessions. Is there a way to recover my saved sessions? I checked in the default location where all the sessions would be stored usually, but there is none in there.

Thank you,

Sandeep

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[Hans Meyer]

OK, create a folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" in the "databases" folder. Then right-click the created folder and click "Restore previous versions". See if there's any shadow copies there that Windows has backed up for you.

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[Hans Meyer]

I'll try to help you out with this. 

Check the local user data folder and let me know what files are in it. 

See: 

How to Locate Session Buddy Data on Your Computer

http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm

Also, which version of Windows are you running?

Hans

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Nasser F <fnas...@gmail.com> wrote:

hi Hansifer,

i lost my sessions because buddy was uninstalled. i download it again but i did't find

 my sessions.

I am now in this step 

file:///C:/Users/nasser/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User%20Data/Profile%204/

where can i please restaure me sessions?

[Ali F]

Hi there!

Firstly, thank you so so much for creating this extension, I use it all the time and it's a fantastic extension!

I recently updated Chrome and afterwards I couldn't open Session Buddy and I read through instructions I found and got it to work again but I'd lost all my data.

I tried following instructions posted above but I think I must be doing something wrong since my previous sessions still have not reappeared.

I shut down Google Chrome completely (checked the Task Tray and everything), found my user data profile for Chrome and clicked 'Restore previous versions' and then reopened Chrome to check whether my old sessions would appear, but there was nothing there.

Thank you in advance!

Ali

[Hans Meyer]

@Ali, the user data filename is specific to an SB installation, so when you move this file to a new installation, you (most of the time) have to rename it.

See "Advanced Restore" section of:

How to Back Up and Restore Session Buddy Data (Advanced Procedure)

http://www.sessionbuddy.com/processForPortingSessionBuddyData.htm

Hans

[Tani V.]

Hi, Hans! I've just met the same issue with my sessions in SB.. I had to reboot my windows and now all my saved data is gone. I am writing you because I've read all the comments from this conversation but I managed to find the database folder but unfortunately, I doesn't give me the option to "restore previous versions". Is there anything else I can do to fix this? Thank you so so much in advance! 

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[Ashar Ali]

Hey Hans, I'm absolutely in love with your extension. It's a beautiful way to manage and organize my work. I appreciate all the work you've done for the online community through this app. Thank you SO much!

I recently ran into a problem with my computer when I had too many things open, and it caused it to hang, resulting in me being forced to shut it down manually (after waiting SEVRAL minutes in hopes of it catching up). After restarting, my computer then alerted me to a possible disk corruption and it ran a corrupted disk/data scan, to fix any issues that may arise, due to the improper shut down. I was fine with it at the time and it seemed to work out. However, when I logged back in, my Chrome had been wiped clean of all settings and extensions. Unfortunately, I ran a disk and registry clean up using CCleaner before realizing that my Chrome had been crippled. After finding out, I looked for my previous sessions of SB through the methods described in this thread and I came up with nothing. I'm running on the Windows 7 Home Premium OS. Is there anything that can be done to restore my previous sessions before I start saving sessions again? I'm afraid saving again might overwrite access to whatever hidden shadows might exist. Thanks A LOT for the help.

- Ashar

[Hans Meyer]

@Tani Sorry for my very slow reply.

Unfortunately there is no other way I'm aware of to restore SB data in the event that SB is reinstalled or repaired (unless of course you have a system backup or a backup created from within SB).

One thing you could do is check to see if there is more than one file in the SB local user data folder. It's a long shot, but if there is more than one file then there may be a chance of recovering the data. Let me know if that's the case and we can go from there.

Hans

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[Hans Meyer]

@Ashar I'm assuming you've reinstalled SB and then checked for previous versions of the SB local user data folder. 

Is that correct?

Hans

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[Ashar Ali]

Yeah, I have re-installed and I did check for previous versions. Created that folder with the specified name and checked for previous versions through that. Nothing.

Any idea? You think after the disk scan/clean and CCleaner run, the previous saved sessions could've been wiped?

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[Hans Meyer]

Did you check for previous versions before or after reinstalling SB, or both? If you haven't checked after reinstalling, do that.

There's a number of reasons why a previous version of a folder may not be available. I don't know anything about CCleaner so I can't say whether that was a factor.

Without a system backup or SB export/backup there really isn't any other hope of recovery. One last thing to check is to make sure you only have one file in the SB user data folder. If there is more than one file then one of them might be the original data. Let me know.

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[Ashar Ali]

I think so far I've only checked it after re-installing. Can't really check pre-re-install anymore though, can I? heh... So far, post-re-install there's no previous versions available. Currently I have three things in my databases folder:

    - chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0    (folder, post install)

        - Contains an item named "10" of "File" type. I have yet to use SB to save/restore after re-install.

    - Databases  (data base file)

    - Databases.db-journal  (DB-journal file)

Again, thanks for all your help! 

On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 2:17:26 PM UTC-7, Hansifer wrote:

Did you check for previous versions before or after reinstalling SB, or both? If you haven't checked after reinstalling, do that.

There's a number of reasons why a previous version of a folder may not be available. I don't know anything about CCleaner so I can't say whether that was a factor.

Without a system backup or SB export/backup there really isn't any other hope of recovery. One last thing to check is to make sure you only have one file in the SB user data folder. If there is more than one file then one of them might be the original data. Let me know.

Hans

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Ashar Ali <u5h3...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah, I have re-installed and I did check for previous versions. Created that folder with the specified name and checked for previous versions through that. Nothing.

Any idea? You think after the disk scan/clean and CCleaner run, the previous saved sessions could've been wiped?

On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 3:46:27 AM UTC-7, Hansifer wrote:

@Ashar I'm assuming you've reinstalled SB and then checked for previous versions of the SB local user data folder. 

Is that correct?

Hans

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Ashar Ali <u5h3...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Hans, I'm absolutely in love with your extension. It's a beautiful way to manage and organize my work. I appreciate all the work you've done for the online community through this app. Thank you SO much!

I recently ran into a problem with my computer when I had too many things open, and it caused it to hang, resulting in me being forced to shut it down manually (after waiting SEVRAL minutes in hopes of it catching up). After restarting, my computer then alerted me to a possible disk corruption and it ran a corrupted disk/data scan, to fix any issues that may arise, due to the improper shut down. I was fine with it at the time and it seemed to work out. However, when I logged back in, my Chrome had been wiped clean of all settings and extensions. Unfortunately, I ran a disk and registry clean up using CCleaner before realizing that my Chrome had been crippled. After finding out, I looked for my previous sessions of SB through the methods described in this thread and I came up with nothing. I'm running on the Windows 7 Home Premium OS. Is there anything that can be done to restore my previous sessions before I start saving sessions again? I'm afraid saving again might overwrite access to whatever hidden shadows might exist. Thanks A LOT for the help.

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[Ashar Ali]

Also, I'd like to know if I can currently use session buddy's save/restore functions without ruining my chances of restoring my previous lost sessions.

If I save my session right now, it won't like overwrite some file that potentially holds my old sessions, will it?

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@Ashar Yea unfortunately I think we've exhausted all the options for recovery.

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[Ashar Ali]

Ok, I guess I'll manually find them in my history. Thanks so much for your help! Do you have any plans in the future of implementing a cloud version of SB that can be accessed anywhere without worrying about this kinda possibility? That would be really cool. Again, can't thank you enough! Keep up the good work. (>.<)b

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No problem. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Yes, cloud storage and sync are in the works.

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[Reyna Yagi]

Hi Hans,

I found this thread post as I was searching for how to recover a lost "Session Manager" web app of Chrome's that disappeared when Chrome reset. I know this is all related to "Session Buddy," and I tried following your recommendations, but got to the last step to "restore previous session" and don't see that as an option for any of the folders (using Windows 8 and have Chrome version 43). There is literally nothing online that has any solutions to this, just many people like myself that are flabbergasted. Do you have any knowledge on Session Manager restoration issues?

[Geese]

"On Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 3:04:00 PM UTC+1, Hansifer wrote:
OK, create a folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" in the "databases" folder. Then right-click the created folder and click "Restore previous versions". See if there's any shadow copies there that Windows has backed up for you."

Thanks, that did it, couldn't import the exported backup (just a message saying 'that doesn't look right')

So yes, happy!

I'll need to look into alternate backup modes though since the normal import/export isn't reliable.

Al. 

[Ashar Ali]

Hey Hans! 

Thanks again for all your work on Session Buddy. Yesterday it seems like I contracted an adware virus while downloading a video program. Normally I'm very careful when I download but this one managed to slip by me. Session Buddy was working fine up until that point. After I got this adware problem, my homepage and start page on Chrome were changed to some random shopping.com or something and i couldn't change it through the Chrome settings. At this point, I found a fix and uninstalled the certain programs that would've been causing it but it still didn't fix it. In an attempt to protect my stuff, I signed out of Chrome before anything was affected. After going through Chromes extensions, properties and folders I was able to follow a fix online and stop the adware from doing its thing. At this point, I logged back into Chrome and my Session Buddy was unable to find it's sessions. I didn't delete or touch any SB related files/folders, the only thing that directly affected my extensions was signing out of my account. As such, I wanted to ask if signing out of Chrome cause a loss of all SB related local and account stored sessions and settings?

- Ashar

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[Hans Meyer]

> Does signing out of Chrome cause a loss of all SB related local and account stored sessions and settings?

No, it definitely should not.

To see if your SB user data is intact, navigate to the user data folder (see http://sessionbuddy.com/datafileLocation.htm).

If there are any files in that folder, copy them for safe keeping, reinstall SB, and follow the "Advanced Restore" section of the following doc:

How to Back Up and Restore Session Buddy Data (Advanced Procedure)

http://www.sessionbuddy.com/processForPortingSessionBuddyData.htm

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[Ashar Ali]

Thanks for the response. I did as you instructed, backed up the file in the user data folder, uninstalled chrome because i was still having a few redirect issues with the adware, re-installed chrome and signed in to restore my extensions, and replaced the file through the advanced restore method. It didn't work, still gave me an empty session history. Which must mean the history was wiped beforehand, at some point during the clean. Not sure what caused it. Second time I've lost everything... Maybe it has to do with the extension being stored on my account vs the data being stored locally. I uninstalled and deleted the chrome folder so I don't think there's any work around this time. Again, thanks for your time.

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[Linh Nguyen Hoang]

Hi, nice to meet you. I had a problem with my computer so I must set up a new disk (a new local disk F)  and reinstall my system (window 7). Of course, I lost all of my session buddy data and left them in another disk. Luckily, I found a good way to restore my lost data. I copy all of information in the item, named "10", in the folder chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0 (...of previous system) and paste into the item, named "1", in the folder chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0 (...of new system).

It works ^.^. I can restore all of my previous data. But, sure, I need to close all of the current chrome tab everywhere.

Thanks a lot for this good extension. I hope best wishes to your work. ^.^

Vào 23:29:24 UTC-7 Thứ Hai, ngày 27 tháng 4 năm 2015, Ashar Ali đã viết:

[Lindsay]

I am on an iMac, and session buddy deleted all my sessions. I had about 30. I have located /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0, but on OS X there is no "restore previous versions" when I right-clock on the folder. How do I restore my sessions on iMac/OSX?

[Suzi Evangelista]

Hi Hans! 

I hope that you read it!

So, please, I formatted my computer and I lost all my session budy saved. How do I recover my Session Budy lost? I don't have any data in my computer. My windows before I formatting it was 7, and now I use the Windows 8.

Thank you, 

Suzi.

Em sábado, 7 de abril de 2012 05:45:17 UTC-3, Dani escreveu:

Can I recover my lost sessions of Session Buddy after reinstallig
Chrome Navigator or Windows?

I have saved the google and session buddy directory many times after
and before a crash of my system and after lose my session of session
buddy. are ther any file in wwhere all this information can be
converted os renamed into an htm file par example?

Thanks at all.

[Hansifer]

@Lindsay The only option for recovery on OS X is via a system backup if you have one. Let me know and I'll walk you through restoring Session Buddy data.

Also note that you can manually back up Session Buddy data through the app:

How to Back Up and Restore Session Buddy Data

http://sessionbuddy.com/backupRestore/backupRestore.html

Hans

[Hansifer]

@Suzi If you reformat your drive then unfortunately Session Buddy data is not recoverable unless you have a backup from before formatting. If you do, let me know and I'll walk you through restoring Session Buddy data.

Hans

[Bruno Borgna]

Hey Hans, I have only one file in the specified folder. And due to shenanigans I have two of those folders, the file is called "1" both times. When I try to import them to SB they look really jumbled and are not recognized. any tips? thanks for the grat product

[Hansifer]

Take a look at the "Advanced Restore" section of the following document:

How to Back Up and Restore Session Buddy Data (Advanced Procedure)

http://www.sessionbuddy.com/processForPortingSessionBuddyData.htm

Hans

[Mohamed SeWeLam]

Hello Hans,

I'm in deep trouble, I was in transition to a new laptop and because of chrome saving everything I wasn't so keen to double check on anything, when I logged in my new laptop to check my session, to my sadness I figured out that there was no kind of cloud saving and I lost all my saved session which means I lost a lot mf months work :(

Unfortunaltey for security reasons I logged of my account on the old laptop as well in chrome and when I tried to login again and look for the for folder of backup, I couldn't find it there and also I couldn't see my old saved sessions on the old laptop as well!!

Is there anyway to recover those sessions??

Many thanks anyway for this great tool, I hope you can help me on this..

[Session Buddy Support]

Hi Mohamed, I apologize for not responding to you sooner. I know it's been a while.

If you still have the old laptop, email sup...@sessionbuddy.com and I'll do what I can to help.

Hans

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@Hansifer

I've followed thoroughly as u said, up until I hit a snag and don't know what to do next. The procedure after I successfully found the database folder on my Windows 8 are quite complicated and sketchy. Can you guide me through what to do next? (I have scrutinized the external URL on how to restore,,, but it will be good if u can list out the steps one by one. the manual is quite difficult to understand as its too technical as if its meant for ppl with computer savvy only. Here I provide u the screenshot: http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad172/AnyPicsDontMind/screenshot_zpsgjnqzmbv.png 
I would be super obliged if u can get back to me in a jiffy, sir :D thousand thanks!

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[Bruno García]

Good afternoon,

Do you think I can recover all my lost buddy sessions acoording with file attached?

I think that all of them are inside of it but when I try to recover them throughout " Import " Section in Buddy Session it displays a dialog window what says " That doesn´t look right"

May you help me with this issue?

Thanks in advance and kind regards,

El jueves, 28 de febrero de 2013, 1:23:33 (UTC+1), ADJ Gaines escribió:

Hans, I am forever indebted to you! I can barely find the words to express my gratitude for helping me restore my missing data. Thank you 9.9x10^24 (that's a lot in chemistry nerd language lol). I'm actually on the verge of tears because a good chunk of the data that was lost was important for my comic I've been planning and writing for the past several months. But not only that, but other very important information to me. And for all your help, I'll never forget it. Even more so, I plan to now have a very special thanks in the creation of my comic when it gets around to publication! I can not thank you enough, Hans, just cannot. I was definitely about to give up, but you kept working hard on my behalf, trying to restore my missing data, and it succeeded. I know I must be rambling but I'm overly excited because of this fortunate turn of events. 

You are my hero! From this moment and onward. :D Thank you! 

On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:32:42 AM UTC-8, Hansifer wrote:

OK, I think that file "14" (generated by the restore of the SB data folder) contains the sessions you're missing. You'll need to take a few extra steps to get Chrome to use this file instead of the file "28" which Chrome probably created when you re-enabled the extension.

1) Make a backup copy of the data folder ("chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0") for safe-keeping.

2) Shut down Chrome. Make sure it's completely shut down by checking the Windows tooltray for absence of the Chrome icon.

3) Rename the file "28" in the data folder to "28_backup"

4) Rename the file "14" in the data folder to "28"

5) Restart Chrome.

If this results in your original issue (SB tab won't open), then send the file "14" in the backed-up data folder to sup...@sessionbuddy.com and I'll try to repair it.

Let me know how it goes.

Hans

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Adrian Gaines <adriand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Here you go Hans. The post-restored screen shots. 

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2:03:07 AM UTC-8, Hansifer wrote:

No worries, Adrian. 

Out of curiosity, can you send me another screenshot of the database folder post-restore.

Thanks,

Hans

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:00 AM, Adrian Gaines <adriand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, that assumption is indeed correct. The process in which to restore data is successful, but somehow or another, it wasn't the data that was originally lost. The sessions that were previously lost numbered somewhere between 800 to 1,100 saved sessions. I think I mentioned before that I've been using your excellent program for well over a year, not two in fact. But when I restored it, there were only sessions that I had just recently made after the lost. None of which were from before. 

I don't think I'll ever recover that missing data, but for your tremendous help, I am regardless, very, very thankful. I know that I should export (which I only discovered after the lost) often, and thus have back ups. But also, for your time - I know it must have interfered with your daily schedule in one form or another, and for the time you've dedicated to helping me, that's really amazing! 

P.S. Take care Hans, and thank you! :) Also would it be okay to add you in my circle for any future events? 

On Monday, February 25, 2013 8:52:24 AM UTC-8, Hansifer wrote:

Try this:

- Shut down Chrome. Make sure it's completely shut down by checking the Windows tooltray for the Chrome icon.

- Navigate back up to "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases"

- Right-click on the folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0"

- Click "Restore previous versions"

Send me a screenshot of the dialog that appears and we'll go from there.

Also, am I correct in assuming that currently SB is working fine but you're missing session data?

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Adrian Gaines <adriand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi again Hans, 

Thank you so much for replying and getting me to the destination I needed. :) There is, however, another problem that has arisen. Once I got to the correct folder, the file was in the state of the image I attached. I honestly don't know where to go from here. I know you must be really busy, and I hate that my computer skills are lacking, but if you when you have the chance to, help me once again? Any more help would be just as much be greatly appreciated as the last.

On Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:25:44 PM UTC-8, Hansifer wrote:

The AppData folder is normally hidden. If you paste the full path "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases" into the file explorer address bar and hit Enter, it should take you there.

Let me know how the recovery goes.

Cheers,

Hans

PS - yes, I created SB. Thanks for the compliments!

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Adrian Gaines <adriand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Hans, I hope you see this, and can help me with my problem when you have a moment. 

I'm stuck on trying to recover my lost sessions data, but before I tell you how, I think it might be important that I tell how I lost my data to begin with. My Sessions Buddy extensions tab wouldn't open a new Sessions Buddy tab. I attempted repeatedly to do so, but ended in vain. I then proceeded to go to my Google Extensions Management. I disable the Sessions Buddy, without really thinking about what would happen, because I was in a bit of a rush, and re-enabled it just a few seconds later. When I seen the Sessions Buddy extensions turn blue again (it was blue when it wasn't working, I don't know if that information is relevant or not though) and when I clicked on it, it worked. But when the Sessions Buddy extension tab created the actually Chrome tab, all my sessions were completely gone. The previous sessions, and most importantly my saved sessions. Every since then, I've been panic'd, and searching the internet for solutions on how to recover all my saved sessions. That's when I stumbled upon this group chat thing (sorry, but I'm not all that familiar with Google+). 

Getting back to where I became stuck when using your directions to recover my data.

Follow: "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases"

- Right-click on the folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0" 

I proceed to go to my C: Drive, then to Users, next Username, and after I was in the Username file, I didn't see any AppData file. I then tried searching for it in the start  search bar, but no luck. So I was wondering, if you could help me go from here. Any help would be immensely appreciated! 

P.S. Are you the one who created Sessions Buddy? If so, I would like to genuinely thank you for creating such an helpful, and absolutely amazing feature to use. I can't express enough how much it has helped me over the past two years or so. Thank you!

On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:39:56 AM UTC-8, Hansifer wrote:

Try to navigate to the data folder directly rather than searching, since that folder might be hidden. I don't know what File Explorer looks like in Windows 8, but there's got to be a way to do that. Google it.

When you find the data folder, there may be a shadow copy of it for you to restore. You can check this with the following procedure in Windows 7 (I don't know how much of this also applies to Windows 8. Google it.):

- Shut down Chrome.

- Navigate back up to "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases"

- Right-click on the folder named "chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0"

- Click "Restore previous versions"

- This will hopefully show you a list of folders to restore.

Hans

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Salic Khan <salic...@gmail.com> wrote:

I searched for an "AppData" folder on my Win 8 computer and it didn't find it. I'm not sure if it was updating, but Session Buddy was asking me to review my Agreement terms, to enable it to access all sites, etc.. after that happened, it reloaded and everything was gone. I'm a bit sad. I restarted my computer and Chrome, that didn't help. Is there any way u can help me recover it? :) Thanks.

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Hansifer <hans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Salic, I don't know where the Session Buddy data file is on Windows 8. I would expect it to be the same or similar to the Windows 7 path, but I'm sure you've already checked that.

Upgrading SB shouldn't have reset your data file. Did you try restarting Chrome?

On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 8:53:30 AM UTC-7, Salic Khan wrote:

Hi Hansifer, I am using Windows 8 and Session Buddy automatically updated and I lost my previous sessions. Is there any way I can get it back? Where is the file in Win 8? Thanks.

On Friday, April 27, 2012 12:18:19 PM UTC-4, Hansifer wrote:

Hi Tom, I'm happy to help out. I'll need a bit more information to start troubleshooting this issue. 

Can you tell me the names, dates, and sizes of all files in the following folder:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0 

Thanks,

Hans

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:48 PM, TWL <tom...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, Hans. 1st I'd like to thank you a lot for the excellent program you have created.

The thing is, my SB icon was gray and I couldn't open it at all. I then went to Google apps and thought if I reinstalled it the sessions would be recovered, but there's nothing in the list of saved sessions (there were about 150 sessions dating back over a year!)

Is it all gone forever or can I recover it somehow?

I am using XP and cannot find SB anywhere in C.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give and thanks Dani for starting this thread (hope you don't think I'm hijacking it!).

Tom

On Sunday, April 8, 2012 5:00:47 AM UTC+8, Hansifer wrote:

The SB data file contains all user settings and session data. It is a sqlite db file.

Location of Session Buddy data file:

Windows Vista, Windows 7:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

OSX:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

Ubuntu:

/home/<username>/.config/google-chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Dani <dani....@hotmail.com> wrote:

Can I recover my lost sessions of Session Buddy after reinstallig
Chrome Navigator or Windows?

I have saved the google and session buddy directory many times after
and before a crash of my system and after lose my session of session
buddy. are ther any file in wwhere all this information can be
converted os renamed into an htm file par example?

Thanks at all.

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[Bruno García]

Good afternoon,

Do you think I can recover all my lost buddy sessions acoording with file attached?

I think that all of them are inside of it but when I try to recover them throughout " Import " Section in Buddy Session it displays a dialog window what says " That doesn´t look right"

May you help me with this issue?

Thanks in advance and kind regards,

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[Bruno García]

Just to inform all and mainly you Hansifer,

This procedure and solution does totally WORK!!!

I´ve followed all steps, carefully, and then after Google restart and once I opened my Buddy application again...surprise!! All old sessions were there recovered!!

Many many thanks for your support though I took almost two days to find the solution.

Hans

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[Super Sophisticated]

I see that this is a quite dated thread, but am wondering if you could still get back to be Hansifer.

I got a nasty trojan virus on my computer and was forced to reinstall windows and delete everything on my drive including Windows on it, along with my AppData. I saved the AppData among all of my other folders by archiving them into .rar files onto an external hard drive. I imported them but clearly, that's not enough. I had multiple sessions recorded with multiple windows each and around 50-100 tabs each. I didn't know about the import and export feature or the backup feature before this happened and I'll be sure to use it if I can get my data back. If you could get back to me on the first steps I need to take, that'd be splendid.

Thanks in advance. Also cheers to your wonderful program.

[Michael Debono]

Hi Hansisfer, I too would first of all like to thank you for this extension! It's really useful!! 

I have just installed a new hard drive, and had to reinstall windows, chrome etc. I hadn't previously backedup any buddysession! (dumbest thing to do!!) Is there a way I can restore my previously saved sessions?!! I found this SB data file you mention, but what should I do now? There are no previous versions available!

Thanks very much! 

Michael

On Saturday, 7 April 2012 23:00:47 UTC+2, Hansifer wrote:

The SB data file contains all user settings and session data. It is a sqlite db file.

Location of Session Buddy data file:

Windows Vista, Windows 7:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

OSX:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

Ubuntu:

/home/<username>/.config/google-chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

[Michael Debono]

Sorry to disturb again! Actually, I did have backups of the sessions..only I had saved them somewhere which I had forgotten where! The only thing is that doing "import" and selecting the last session (its a JSON file) I get "that doesnt look right"! What should I do?

Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks very much!

[drsad...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 9:42:33 AM UTC-7, Michael Debono wrote:

Sorry to disturb again! Actually, I did have backups of the sessions..only I had saved them somewhere which I had forgotten where! The only thing is that doing "import" and selecting the last session (its a JSON file) I get "that doesnt look right"! What should I do?

Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks very much!

Good luck getting an answer. I posted the same question here a while back and have heard nothing.  It is frustrating to be directed here for support and then have the developer not respond. 

[Session Buddy Support]

Hi Michael, I'm happy to troubleshoot if you want to send me the backup file(s) you have. Just send to sup...@sessionbuddy.com.

Also, are you able to access the files on your old drive? I'm wondering if we can recover your former session buddy data file from it.

Hans

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[Session Buddy Support]

Yea sorry about that.

Unfortunately, the economic reality of providing a free product makes it impossible to garner the resources necessary to directly address the volume of user correspondence generated by a user base of 900,000+

I'd like to change that, but monetization is a long and tricky path for a browser extension.

Thanks for understanding.

Hans

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[Victor Li]

@hansifer I accidentally deleted my session buddy when removing chrome extensions I didn't need, but never backed it up, is it possible to get them back on mac?

[GX]

https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!topic/sessionbuddy-discuss/JB4s5PpdIss

[Rad Sadri]

@Hans

Please someone help me. i really need help on How to RESTORE MULTIPLE SESSIONS with TABS in more than one window after laptop restarting*******

I had several windows wth 80+ tabs opened in Chrome from previous browsing sessions months ago.and after restarting the computer the "restore" button showed up but didn’t work. All Ctrl-Shit-T does is restore the most recently closed tabs in order–and it only stores tabs you closed in browsing, not tabs closed as part of a reboot.

I guess I can go into History and see if I can find the tabs out of thousands and thousands of pages over many months, I guess, but I would really appreciate being able to restore the actual lost session.

How can I restore previous chrome sessions? I realllly need this help even i need to pay for that. please someone help me.

my email adddress is Rayan.a...@gmail.com

I am using Windows 8.Please help, I really need them back for my research paper, otherwise I will loose a lot of work. Many thanks!

On Thursday, 28 February 2013 at 04:15:06 UTC-8 Session Buddy Support wrote:

No worries, Adrian. I'm glad I was able to help out. Sorry you were having issues in the first place.

Keep me updated on the comic. I'd love to read it when it's published.

Take care,

Hans

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Adrian Gaines <adriand...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hans, I am forever indebted to you! I can barely find the words to express my gratitude for helping me restore my missing data. Thank you 9.9x10^24 (that's a lot in chemistry nerd language lol). I'm actually on the verge of tears because a good chunk of the data that was lost was important for my comic I've been planning and writing for the past several months. But not only that, but other very important information to me. And for all your help, I'll never forget it. Even more so, I plan to now have a very special thanks in the creation of my comic when it gets around to publication! I can not thank you enough, Hans, just cannot. I was definitely about to give up, but you kept working hard on my behalf, trying to restore my missing data, and it succeeded. I know I must be rambling but I'm overly excited because of this fortunate turn of events. 

You are my hero! From this moment and onward. :D Thank you! 

On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:32:42 AM UTC-8, Hansifer wrote:

Hans

No worries, Adrian. 

Hans

Try this:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0 

Thanks,

Hans

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:48 PM, TWL <tom...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, Hans. 1st I'd like to thank you a lot for the excellent program you have created.

The thing is, my SB icon was gray and I couldn't open it at all. I then went to Google apps and thought if I reinstalled it the sessions would be recovered, but there's nothing in the list of saved sessions (there were about 150 sessions dating back over a year!)

Is it all gone forever or can I recover it somehow?

I am using XP and cannot find SB anywhere in C.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give and thanks Dani for starting this thread (hope you don't think I'm hijacking it!).

Tom

On Sunday, April 8, 2012 5:00:47 AM UTC+8, Hansifer wrote:

The SB data file contains all user settings and session data. It is a sqlite db file.

Location of Session Buddy data file:

Windows Vista, Windows 7:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

OSX:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

Ubuntu:

/home/<username>/.config/google-chrome/Default/databases/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Dani <dani....@hotmail.com> wrote:

Can I recover my lost sessions of Session Buddy after reinstallig
Chrome Navigator or Windows?

I have saved the google and session buddy directory many times after
and before a crash of my system and after lose my session of session
buddy. are ther any file in wwhere all this information can be
converted os renamed into an htm file par example?

Thanks at all.

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[A M]

Hello SB support, My sb crashed and got reinstalled and all my years of sessions are gone, im trying to restore them, please can you advise, i look into

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0

and find one file of type "file" (unknown) just called 76 which is 148 kb,

what do i do with this thing to get all my sessions back please help.

thanks so much if you can help me, best wishes!

[Robert E]

Try and get a recover program like stellar data recovery and see if you can get all your missing files or if you have a system restore point. Beyond that. I lost my files too and the moron who created it was of no help at all and this has happened to many people which is why I don't use it anymore.

[Johnny]

Hi, I just wanted to pop in and say that this age-old recovery method still works today. I had to reformat my system and forgot to backup my Session Buddy, and feared that I would've lost all of the data forever.

I'm glad that I could find the database in the Windows.old folder to manually restore. Thank you, Hans!