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AngelaCisternin's avatar
AngelaCisternin
Community Member
11 years ago

Extracting the Articulate Storyline file from a Zip file (storyline output)

Hi, does anyone know how to (if possible) extract the Articulate Storyline file from a zip folder? I cannot find my original Articulate file, and wanted to know if I could get this from the zip file...
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AshleyT-Pollard's avatar
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

Hi Angela, 

Yes, only the published output is saved in the My Articulate Projects folder. The .story file is not saved automatically as a part of publishing or within Storyline's general behavior. 

However, there may still be a working version of your project in your temp files. Here's how to check:
 
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 your project. If you find one, copy it to your desktop. If you find more than one, copy the latest version 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.
  • AshiTandon's avatar
    AshiTandon
    Community Member
    11 years ago

    Thanks Ashley for shedding light on this. Learnt something new!

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    ShawnaNaklicki
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Is there a reason why a file wouldn't be in the temp folder? I know it is probably time dependent, but a file I am looking for is not there (last updated in July) while another file is there (updated early 2017).

  • NazWilson's avatar
    NazWilson
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Hi Ashley,

    I'm curious if there has been a change or more information since written on how we utilise an old package (zip file), either in Storyline or Rise, respectively. Having had a freelancer previously build a large course in Rise now we're unable to return and edit this ourselves. We will have the same circumstance for others in Storyline. Might I have overlooked some functionality? Or is this not possible

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