Where did my patterns go?

[universal-sasquatch]

All of my patterns have disappeared from the program.
Is there a way to recover them?
Of course I don't have a back up.
All of the mpw files seem to still be in the folders where I saved them.
I'm clueless.
Sas

[fwharris]

You saying you lost your favorites list with in designer?

[universal-sasquatch]

Yes, I made a new pattern and when I saved it, it went to favorites and all of the sub categories were not visible. When I opened the patterns tool in designer the only thing in favorites was what I just made. The Basics folder was there with all this patterns.


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[fwharris]

Have you closed down designer and restarted it to see if that helped?

Have you been doing anything in the "CarveWright" folder that contains your favorites file?

[universal-sasquatch]

Yes, I shut it down and restarted. I have not been in the folder. Tomorrow I have to leave for a week so I'll fool with the computer when I get back.
Thanks Floyd


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[bergerud]

It sounds like your favorites.mpn file may have been corrupted.

[universal-sasquatch]

I had modified and saved one of the background texture files and it is gone too. My saved projects are still there with the patterns I had made and imported into them. I guess I can go through and it extract them. Anyone have an idea what could have caused this? The only thing "new" I have done with the software is to register a new machine, put the new card in the reader and check for firmware updates.


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[normrichards]

Windows 7 and above has a restore feature for folders, You can go to what ever folder the favorites is saved in, right click on the folder itself, not the file and you will get an option that says restore previous versions. Clicking on that will give you an option to go back to a date before it was corrupt. This feature can be turned off but most people do not know about it or turn it off. It can be a life saver.

[universal-sasquatch]

Ok, cool. Does anyone know the default location of the favorites folder?


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[SteveNelson46]

It's "C:\users\Your User Name\CarveWright". The name of the file is "Favorites.mpn"