Recovering Project Data in an Autosave File

Following a sudden workstation crash or other unexpected problem, you can recover the project data in its autosave file.

Warning: When you recover a project's autosave file you cannot recover any solutions data; recovering an autosave file means you will lose any solutions data that existed in the original project file.

To recover project data in an autosave file:

  1. If Ansys Electronics Desktop has crashed, launch Ansys Electronics Desktop from your desktop.
  2. Click File > Open.
  3. Select the original Projectn.aedt project file for which you want to recover its Projectn.aedt .auto autosave file.

    4. The Crash Recovery dialog box appears, giving you the option to open the original project file or the autosave file.

  4. Select Open project using autosave file to recover project data in the autosave file, and then clickOK. Maxwell replaces the original project file with the data in the autosave file.

Ansys Electronics Desktop immediately overwrites the original project file data with the autosave file data, removing the results directory (solutions data) from the original project file as it overwrites to the autosave file.

Warning: If you choose to recover the autosave file, you cannot recover the original project file that has been overwritten; recovering data in an autosave file is not reversible.

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Saving Project Data Automatically