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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'>Thanks for quick reply, Kirk. I’m going to look into restoring from the back-up before Saturday (I need to make a living for the rest of today), but what prompted my concern was that the project file (QGZ) is not found by File Explorer, either in the folder I used to store it in or in the Recycle Bin. There’s no previously saved version, no .TMP version (I don’t know whether QGIS sets these up); nothing. The explanation mark that QGIS placed next to its title in the Open Recent line would probably tell me more, if the line weren’t greyed-out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'>A number of the other files are still present (including, interestingly, the shapefile that I modified just before the crash); but I should probably have kept a separate list of these somewhere as I can’t tell from looking down the list whether they are all present. (As usual, burnt hand teaches best.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'>So, having calmed down a bit, I should be able to recover my work with only a day or so lost (unless I find that the backup won’t restore properly). But I am fairly concerned that a large file has apparently disappeared as a result of a crash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>____________________</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>John Firth</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img width=227 height=227 style='width:2.3645in;height:2.3645in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D73536.5B495E40" alt="Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading"></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>On 1 March 2020 a Royal Charter was given to the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP), which is now the <b><span style='color:#2F5496'>Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>I store in my records the contact details of everyone who writes to me, so I can stay in touch. If you do not want me to do this, please reply to this email, copying the following text into your reply: ‘Please do not record my name and email address, or write to me unless I write to you first’.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Kirk Schmidt <kirk@nortekresources.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> 19 April 2021 14:16<br><b>To:</b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] Help! QGIS crashed and has deleted my QGZ file<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Hi John:<o:p></o:p></p><p>I am sorry to hear about your crash. It is important to note that QGIS provides a means of querying, updating, analysing and displaying data that is stored outside of the software (in a variety of formats). SO, I would suggest looking for the actual spatial files(s) that you were editing when it crashed. I assume they still exist, however, depending on the data format, you probably would have lost the attributes you were editing at the time of the crash. <o:p></o:p></p><p>The QGIS project file may also have been corrupted at the time of the crash. You may have to use a backup to restore your last saved version.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I hope this helps<o:p></o:p></p><p>Kirk Schmidt <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 4/19/2021 9:56 AM, <a href="mailto:john@john-firth-editor.co.uk">john@john-firth-editor.co.uk</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua ,serif",serif'>I’m using QGIS 3.16.0 on Windows 10, standalone PC. I have taken some training, but am a pretty inexpert user. The map that I’ve spent several months developing (for a book I’m writing) crashed on Saturday, and when I tried to load it just now it is greyed out in the Open Recent list (with an exclamation mark next to it) and File Explorer no longer finds it on my hard disk.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua ,serif",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua ,serif",serif'>I attempted to do what your website advised (downloaded DeBug View, which did not appear to run on my computer). When the file crashed, I had just added a couple of entries to an attribute table (it’s not a large one, though there are others in the file). I’ve no doubt someone more expert than I am could tell me how to extract a crash report, if that would be helpful.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua ,serif",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua ,serif",serif'>Is there any chance of saving my map?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>____________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>John Firth</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=227 height=227 style='width:2.3645in;height:2.3645in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D73534.F4AB2F70" alt="Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered
Institute of Editing and Proofreading"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 1 March 2020 a Royal Charter was given to the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP), which is now the <b><span style='color:#2F5496'>Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading</span></b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I would like to keep your contact details in my records, so I can stay in touch. <span style='color:#2F5496'>If you are happy for me to do this, please reply to this email, copying the following text into your reply:</span> ‘I am happy for John Firth to record my name and email address, to keep me informed about his services and availability’.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><hr size=1 width="99%" noshade style='color:#909090' align=center></span></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Avast logo"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3D4D5A'>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. <br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus">www.avast.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Qgis-user mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>List info: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Kirk Schmidt, MScF, BScF, RPF<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>General Manager<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Nortek Resource Solutions Inc.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>RR # 1<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Thorburn, NS<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>B0K 1W0<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Tel (902) 922.3607<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Email: <a href="mailto:kirk@nortekresources.com">kirk@nortekresources.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Web: <a href="http://www.nortekresources.com">www.nortekresources.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>