I just lost about an hour's of work when my computer crashed. Is there a timed autosave feature in Visual Studio 2008?
If yes, where is it configured.
It's probably obvious, but I'm not finding it.
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A:
Tools / Options / Environment / AutoRecover
?
Seems that the backup files are in this folder:
\...\My Documents\Visual Studio <version>\Backup Files\<projectname>
Frederik Gheysels
2009-01-29 19:01:28
Thanks. Found that, but took me a while to find the files themselves. They are in: \...\My Documents\Visual Studio <version>\Backup Files\<projectname>. Will you update your answer with this critical information so that I can accept it.Thanks.
rathkopf
2009-01-29 19:17:43
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A:
I must ask - what situation would you be in where you wouldn't save or test a source file for hours?
ryeguy
2009-01-29 19:05:00
Very true ... Even when you compile, everything is being saved.
Frederik Gheysels
2009-01-29 19:06:58
Ah. Now SO is the place for sarcasm rather than help. I knew something else (that I wasn't working on) was broken so I wasn't compiling. It was very basic property wiring, with other distractions, not that I should need to justify it to you.
rathkopf
2009-01-29 19:16:19
Sarcasm? How is what I said sarcastic? Off topic a bit but not sarcastic.
ryeguy
2009-01-29 19:19:41
Why are the comments no longer chronologically displayed ?BTW: VS.NET has an autorecover feature, and AFAIK, it asks you to recover projects when it has crashed.
Frederik Gheysels
2009-01-29 19:22:42
Fredriek: Strangely the recover option did not display. it seems hit-or-miss when it comes up for me. I just need the magic location where the files were saved and where to adjust the interval. I see comments in order. Strange
rathkopf
2009-01-29 19:25:28
Perhaps it's a 'tic' that I pickedup programming VB3 against Windows 3.11, but when I stop typing, I automatically start hitting my Ctrl+S instinctively. I bet I don't go more than a minute without saving.
John MacIntyre
2009-01-29 19:25:51