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d'oh! Need help recovering macros and settings after re-installing 4.5.2
Submitted by tnlibrarian on Monday, 27 August, 2012 - 04:11
Help!

I have lost macros and settings following a rash and ill-considered update from 4.5.3 to 5.0 pre and a subsequent re-installation of 4.5.2 (which is when the macro and other C:\User\[...]\.jedit files were overwritten with a clean install) (nb: this is a Windows 7 installation).

Anybody got a favorite free (or cheap) recovery solution? (Windows recovery/shadow solutions ain't an option... nor is going back in time and being not-stupid about making an adequate backup.) eSupport Undelete Plus finds the files in the "C:\Deleted 1200\" directory, but insists on payment to recover the .bsh files (which I am willing to do, but not if I can get them back for free...)

Thanks for the help in my panicking times!
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Don't worry
by Vampire on Thu, 30/08/2012 - 22:27
Hi, don't worry, nothing is lost. When starting 5.0 the first time your settings directory is moved from the old C:\Users\\.jedit folder to the for Windows more correct place %APPDATA%\jEdit. When you then tried to use 4.5.3 again, it doesn't find C:\Users\\.jedit and creates a new clean one. Just delete C:\Users\\.jedit and move %APPDATA%\jEdit there, then you should have everything back.
Recuva
by Robert Schwenn on Tue, 28/08/2012 - 17:45
Not sure, but You could try Recuva (http://www.piriform.com/recuva).

Good luck!
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