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kincaids
Helper II
9 years ago

Disaster...please help!

I was working away on a report that I've been building for weeks and many of you have helped me on.  Power BI Desktop crashed and upon restarting the program, I had the AutoBackup ribbon appear.  I c...
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Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

Try to locate the file in the auto recovery folder:

 

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\AutoRecovery

 

Change <username> for your user. If you found the file, save with another name, or in a new location.

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kincaids
Helper II
9 years ago

Unfortunately, the file isn't there.  What was there was simply an "Untitled," empty file.  Any other ideas/suggestions?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    In the project folder and/or autorecovery folder, try going to the folder properties and try to recover the file in the "previous versions".

    • kincaids's avatar
      kincaids
      Helper II
      9 years ago

      Anonymous

       

      In both locations I see this:

       

       

      I'm guessing this is not a good thing.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        9 years ago

        Try to display hiden files, and see if there is any file in the folder, or in Temp folder. To more details see the event viewer from your system, and try to find out why the file corrupted.