Accidentally deleted a course from the system

What "system" - specifically?

Bruce

The articulate system...

Hi Kathleen, It's gone. Do you back up the data on your computer? If you do you may be able to recover the file.

may just be in the recycle bin

Hey Phil, I don't think it is. I tried using this delete option on one of my old files to see if it went to the trash and no such luck.

Oh, that is a nice idea, permanently deleted

Hi:

No I did not put this on a Flash drive as back up.  It does not show up in a recycle bin....and yes it was permanantly deleted. 

Kathleen

Sorry to here that Kathleen. I feel your pain. I had that happen to me once many years ago and since then have made sure to back up my work. 

I didn't even know that delete featue was part of Storyline. I don't like that it removes the deleted course completely - why would they do that?

Thanks for your kind words Nancy!  I have already started it over.  I am thankful I had the script written in a Word doc, so at least I have that to develop off of.

This isn't helpful for what you've lost, but one of the things I recommend to folks is using some type of synchronized backup. If you can do it, a Dropbox or Sugarsync account will really save your britches 

I work directly from a Dropbox account and I've reverted files on several occasions. It's a huge lifesaver for those oops moments. "Doh" is the sound of enlightenment:P

Hi everybody, I see this is an old thread but exactly what happened to me right now... is there still no possibility to recover accidentally deleted files? :'-( 

Hi, Nadine.

I'm sorry to hear you've accidentally deleted .story files! 

You can check if they're still available in the TEMP folder. Here are the steps:

1. Open this folder in Windows Explorer: %appdata%\Articulate\Storyline 
2. Scan the contents of this folder for a file that starts with the name of the project. If you find one, copy it to your desktop. 
3. Change the file extension of the copy on your desktop from *.tmp to *.story. 
4. Double-click the file to open it in Storyline. 

I hope this helps!

I just did EXACTLY the same thing. 

Nothing in the Recycle Bin. 

Nothing in the TEMP folder. 

I did publish this to 360 Review, though ... is there any way of getting it back that way???

Hi Lerissa,

I’m sorry you’re going through this. Losing work is very frustrating. There is no way to extract the .story file from the published output in Review 360 and it looks like you’ve already checked the other areas the file could be retrieved from.

I’m curious if you’re working locally, typically on your C: Drive. Working on a network drive or an external USB drive can cause erratic behavior due to latency. For example, it could cause file corruption or prevent you from saving changes.

Thanks for reaching out.

Hi John - 

Thanks for the sympathy. I am working locally. The good news is that, for some reason, I made a copy of the file three days before publishing it to Review. Whew. If I made any changes in the gap, they were minimal. I can reproduce them by going to Review and comparing. 

Thanks! 

Lerissa