Hello,
My Open Office just updated to 4.3 with no warning and I had several unsaved documents I was working on. How do I recover them? Thank you.
Recovering documents after AOO update
Recovering documents after AOO update
Open Office 4.3 on Windows 10
Re: recovering documents after OO update
G'day, and welcome to the community forum.
OpenOffice doesn't roll out updates - you have to install a newer version rather than updating; and there is no version 4.3 - the most recent version ( a few days ago) is 4.1.4 and there is a 4.2.0 currently in development, probably as a beta version.
When you say "just updated to 4.3 with no warning" - what exactly happened?
OpenOffice doesn't roll out updates - you have to install a newer version rather than updating; and there is no version 4.3 - the most recent version ( a few days ago) is 4.1.4 and there is a 4.2.0 currently in development, probably as a beta version.
When you say "just updated to 4.3 with no warning" - what exactly happened?
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
Re: recovering documents after OO update
The computer restarted and Open Office asked me to re-enter my name and initials and it said it was updating to 4.3 if I am not mistaken. I had several unsaved documents that were open which are gone now--usually with restarts the unsaved docs are still there.
I looked into trying to retrieve them from the backup files but the instructions I've found don't exactly match the layout of my system so I am not sure how to do it--I don't know if it's for an earlier version of windows or what.
I looked into trying to retrieve them from the backup files but the instructions I've found don't exactly match the layout of my system so I am not sure how to do it--I don't know if it's for an earlier version of windows or what.
Open Office 4.3 on Windows 10
Re: recovering documents after OO update
Ah, now there is more to the tale!
If you haven't saved the document(s) there won't be a backup, however. And as the computer has been restarted, there may or may not be a recovery file; you might try doing the following as soon as possible :
Download Recuva (Windows only) or PhotoRec for Win, MacOS, Linux and other OSes (only one needed) and let it do an in-depth recovery of deleted files on your computer. You may get a file containing some or all of your data (or not). Do this as a first priority; other use of the computer may overwrite any existing but deleted files and prevent their recovery. There is no guarantee that you will recover anything useful.
Unexpectedly? Presumably this is the result of a W10 upgrade - seems to be a lot of reports of this happening. This unexpected shutdown may have damaged your user profile ([Tutorial]The OpenOffice User Profile) as a result of whichThe computer restarted
You can determine the current version of AOO from Help | About; you can see where the current version keeps backups through Tools | Options | OpenOffice |Paths. This is where you will find backups ff you have checked the option Always create backup copy under Tools |Options | Load/Save | GeneralOpen Office asked me to re-enter my name and initials
If you haven't saved the document(s) there won't be a backup, however. And as the computer has been restarted, there may or may not be a recovery file; you might try doing the following as soon as possible :
Download Recuva (Windows only) or PhotoRec for Win, MacOS, Linux and other OSes (only one needed) and let it do an in-depth recovery of deleted files on your computer. You may get a file containing some or all of your data (or not). Do this as a first priority; other use of the computer may overwrite any existing but deleted files and prevent their recovery. There is no guarantee that you will recover anything useful.
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers