"Failed to load the request file" :(

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simplytirza
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"Failed to load the request file" :(

Postby simplytirza » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:55 am

Greetings o/

I saved my work before restarting my computer, re-open my file, it shows "Failed to load the requested file" :(
I really love that Image I did, it was an 8 hours work

Thank you for any help,

here's the link from my dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7b1ncsit4hra ... l.svg?dl=0

Best regards,
Tirza

Lazur
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Re: "Failed to load the request file" :(

Postby Lazur » Sun Aug 27, 2017 12:09 pm

Welcome aboard!

Unfortunately, bad news. All the file contains is nul characters, no data can be recovered from that. There are a couple of similar topics, general suggestion is looking up ways for automated backup saving, like here.

Better luck next time!

simplytirza
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Re: "Failed to load the request file" :(

Postby simplytirza » Sun Aug 27, 2017 12:13 pm

Thank you for your reply Lazur o/

I need to re-draw then (*silent cry)

Cheers o/

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Re: "Failed to load the request file" :(

Postby brynn » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:37 am

Don't forget to set up autosave in Inkscape Preferences this time, like Lazur suggested ;)

Probably you didn't wait long enough for the save to complete. For 8 hours work, it probably was a fairly large file. So probably it needed more than just a second or 2 to save.


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