cleaning up the temp and undo files

[Steve_Nyhof]

Can I go into me Temp folder and delete old dated or even all Temp files to clean things up?

[Dermot]

In theory, yes.  I would recommend that you close all programs when you do this though.  Some of those temp files may by in use.

[Steve_Nyhof]

5 minutes ago, Dermot said:

In theory, yes.  I would recommend that you close all programs when you do this though.  Some of those temp files may by in use.

Thank you very much! I do see that on my X12 I used the default Temp folder which is also used by many other programs, where my X13 I set up my own Temp folder.

[Kbird1]

2 hours ago, stevenyhof said:

Can I go into me Temp folder and delete old dated or even all Temp files to clean things up?

 

typically this happens only when the program doesn't close cleanly as it should "clean up" after each session on it own

but is also one reason I specify my Own Temp and Undo Folders as well, and clean them out myself when Chief is closed if needed.

 

M.

[Steve_Nyhof]

57 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

typically this happens only when the program doesn't close cleanly as it should "clean up" after each session on it own

but is also one reason I specify my Own Temp and Undo Folders as well, and clean them out myself when Chief is closed if needed.

 

M.

I figured. Now that I have the Temp folder under my own path I will watch it. Thank you

[Steve_Nyhof]

I had the computer crash and the temp files remain. I tested it by opening a plan, making some changes and the undo temp files showed up. When I closed normally the temp files were removed - all good.

 

Further question on temp files...

When my computer crashed, (I think I over clocked the new ram and put that back to auto) and went back in to open a plan I was working on, it wanted to use an auto saved version, which I excepted. However, it said it was corrupted and would not open. So I went to open the file again without the saved version and it was like an hour old. Most of the things I worked on were gone. That was fine because I was messing around with a portal framing detail. However, if it was a clients plan, I may not be so dismissive. I have the preferences set up to save every 2 minutes. Where can I go to find a backup file that is more than 2 minutes old?

 

In AutoCAD I created a system to backup with every save which created a copy of the last backup and put that into a separate "Previous" folder and then it would overwrite the file in the main "Current" folder. So even when the software crashed and would possibly corrupts the "Current" file, I always had a "Previous" backup.

 

Does CA do something similar so I can get my hands on at least a more recent file?

Thank you,

Steve

[Kbird1]

There are always backups in the Archive Folder , inside the Chief Data Folder which is usually in My Documents unless you specified it to be put somewhere else.

 

With X13 I also Lowered my Autosave time , but you can also set an Auto Archive down lower as well.

 

 

[Steve_Nyhof]

6 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

There are always backups in the Archive Folder , inside the Chief Data Folder which is usually in My Documents unless you specified it to be put somewhere else.

 

With X13 I also Lowered my Autosave time , but you can also set an Auto Archive down lower as well.

 

 

Ah! Right there it is!! Thank you, Mick!