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Can't find .story files after computer crash
My computer crashed (MacBook pro, running Storyline 2 in Windows partition) but I was able to recover my data from my hard drive. I reinstalled Storyline 2, but cannot locate any of the .story files for my projects. The storyline contents folders are all there, as are the .zip output to LMS folders, but no .story. So...I can't open my projects that were in progress or open any to edit after they have been published to LMS. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've searched everywhere I know, using various methods and really can't understand why they would be "gone".
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Hi Travis,
The Trial is a full version of our software.
The temp files are only created if:
- you've enabled auto-recovery,
- you've saved this .story file at least once prior, and
- Storyline crashed or shut down on it's own
They should be created in that directory, but if you've modified how the install of Storyline is set up, or where files are saving they could be somewhere else. You may want to search your system for those file types or file names.
All I have is the zip files to work with. Is there a way to be able to open and change the content? I originally built the modules in SL 2&3 several years and a couple of computers ago.
I'd hate to rebuild all the learning modules. I'm hoping there have been advances made for situations like this, over the past 3+ years.
Thank you
Hi, Jim.
Unfortunately, there is no way to open a published file in Storyline. You need the original source, which is the .story file.
