losing files!

[produca2]

Alright I keep making this program and after I post it it disapears. I save it as a specific file name to the same place as I save all of my other files but this one file keeps disapearing on me!

 

Does anyone else ever encounter a problem like this? I have not changed anything as to where I save things or how they are saved, so I am completley frustrated. Every time I want to change something about the program I have to draw it again and re post it only for mastercam to tell me when I save it "this file already exists..overwrite" WTF! if it already exists then where the hell is it?!

[Charlie Pierson]

is the file coming up blank or plain ol not found??

Have you tried using 'Start,search'

[Guest]

now that does sound like a horrable problem.

the hudiny file lol.

 

i would maybe suspect hidden attributes have been turned on, on this file? just a guess this ones got me scratchen head.

 

doug

[produca2]

quote:

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Have you tried using 'Start,search'

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Are you talking about the windows start button?

and its saying file not found.

[Robert Critelli]

Gremlins

[Charlie Pierson]

yeah, I was refeffing to the windows start button

 

have you tried saving it to, say, the desktop and then retrieving it from there ??

 

have you checked out Doug's theory ?

[produca2]

I am investigating this at the moment, I'll let you all know.

[produca2]

So I used the window s search and 7 different results came up. the only one that opens up successfully comes up as a blank mastercam workspace. I will draw it again and check for the hidden attributes, can you point me in the direction for this?

[Charlie Pierson]

Does the 'blank' successful load show any entities listed in 'screen statistics' ??

[Guest]

goto

windows explorer, tools, folder options, view, and click show hidden files and folders.

you should now be able to see this file if in fact it was hidden.

right click on it and check the attributes.

 

doug

[produca2]

quote:

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Does the 'blank' successful load show any entities listed in 'screen statistics' ??

 

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no.

 

quote:

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goto

windows explorer, tools, folder options, view, and click show hidden files and folders.

you should now be able to see this file if in fact it was hidden.

right click on it and check the attributes.

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Nothing there either

[Dan_AKA_ROY]

You don't have any spaces in your file name by any chance, do you?

 

I had a problem with that years back on V9. The MC9 file would open but no entities found. I had space(s) in the file name. Since adding an underline or whatever (no spaces), I never had that problem again.

 

Just throwing out straws...

[strabe]

Can you open your older files and post them okay?

Have you tried to program a fake part, something simple and save it and post it? Sounds viral??

[produca2]

I put spaces in almost all of my other files, with no problem. and I can open and post all of my old files just peachy, so I have absolutely no idea what is going on here.

I am in the process of closing mastercam and re-opening it to check if it shows up, if not I am gonna try to draw it again and see what happens.

[Mike Gates from Barefoot CNC]

Have your admin rights accidentally been changed to read only somehow?