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Recover unsaved Notepad ++ files from backups Backups can be found directly on PC by navigating to C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup (usually).
Start Notepad ++, click on "Settings" > "Preference". Step 2. Click "Backup" on the window, and find the Notepad ++ unsaved files location in the Backup path.
History. In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a mouse-based text editor Richard Brodie had created, along with the $195 Microsoft Mouse.
I noticed it myself, and found the files inside the backup folder. You can check where it is using Menu:Settings -> Preferences -> Backup. Note : My NPP installation is portable, and on Windows, so YMMV.
I lost somehow my temporary notepad++ files, they weren't showing in tabs. So I did some search in appdata folder, and I found all my temporary files there. It seems that they are stored there for a long time.
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup
or
%AppData%\Notepad++\backup
I have discovered that NotePad++ now also creates a subfolder at the file location, called nppBackup. So if your file lived in a folder called c:/thisfolder have a look to see if there's a folder called c:/thisfolder/nppBackup.
Occasionally I couldn't find the backup in AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup, but I found it in nppBackup.
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