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Matthew MacLellan

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Apr 11, 2022, 4:01:33 PM4/11/22
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Sorry if this message posted twice by accident.

Hi all,

Not a regular SKY user here but I've been writing this index in Sky.

I was having an issue so manually saved a backup, exited and restarted sky. I've lost about ten pages of work to the original file when reopening. When I go to file management and then restore it's not working, whether I choose keep original index or create a copy. I get a dialog box saying restore failed.

Any options? I can reindex, but am on a tight deadline and would much rather not. 

This is Sky 8

Matthew

Matthew MacLellan

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Apr 11, 2022, 4:24:11 PM4/11/22
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I've re-indexed the pages. Wisdom for next time welcome, however.

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Deborah Patton

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Apr 11, 2022, 4:24:49 PM4/11/22
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There are also automatic backups which may help.
From the manual: "Automatic backups are placed in the folder specified in Options>Preferences>File Locations for backups."
You should hunt those down and try restoring from the most recent one.
Deborah

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Matthew MacLellan

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Apr 11, 2022, 4:26:39 PM4/11/22
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Thanks, I did try both an automatic and a manual backup and neither worked.

I was reading on page 92 of the User's Guide.

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