Re: [Qgis-user] Help! QGIS crashed and has deleted my QGZ file

2021-04-19 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi If you have Windows 10 and have activated "Back up using File History" (Setting/Update and Security/Backup) you may have a copy of the file.  If your files disappeared for no reasons, I would seriously scan your hard drive in case you are seeing indications of a drive failier. Good Lu

Re: [Qgis-user] Help! QGIS crashed and has deleted my QGZ file

2021-04-19 Thread john
g the following text into your reply: 'Please do not record my name and email address, or write to me unless I write to you first'. From: Kirk Schmidt Sent: 19 April 2021 14:16 To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Help! QGIS crashed and has deleted my QGZ file

Re: [Qgis-user] Help! QGIS crashed and has deleted my QGZ file

2021-04-19 Thread Kirk Schmidt
Hi John: I am sorry to hear about your crash.  It is important to note that QGIS provides a means of querying, updating, analysing and displaying data that is stored outside of the software (in a variety of formats).  SO, I would suggest looking for the actual spatial files(s) that you were e

[Qgis-user] Help! QGIS crashed and has deleted my QGZ file

2021-04-19 Thread john
I'm using QGIS 3.16.0 on Windows 10, standalone PC. I have taken some training, but am a pretty inexpert user. The map that I've spent several months developing (for a book I'm writing) crashed on Saturday, and when I tried to load it just now it is greyed out in the Open Recent list (with an excla