Sengna Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I opened one cad drawing and i saw a rectangle and path said "c:/user/appdata/local/temp/$$4c.dib, is there a way that i can recover or refresh so the file that was attached show? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph_map Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 If you have rights to the folder that the image is in yes. The file should be in a shared folder not in a "USER'S" folder. Copy the file to a shared folder then use the Reference Manager to repath to the new location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengna Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 If you have rights to the folder that the image is in yes. The file should be in a shared folder not in a "USER'S" folder. Copy the file to a shared folder then use the Reference Manager to repath to the new location. Yes, i have permission to access the folder, i tried to follow the path but i could not find that specific file, it is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 It was in a user temp folder. Not a good place to keep something important. Temp folders should be emptied on a regular basis. Disk clean up utilities empty them for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengna Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 It was in a user temp folder. Not a good place to keep something important. Temp folders should be emptied on a regular basis. Disk clean up utilities empty them for you. Thanks RobDraw, i am glad to know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Have you tried to find a copy of the file in another location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengna Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Have you tried to find a copy of the file in another location? Yes, i spent time look through it but i didn't see it. It has been deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph_map Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Yes, i spent time look through it but i didn't see it. It has been deleted. More like just hidden from normal users views, sent it (hard drive) to the FBI or Homeland Security and yell them its a map of the White House they'll find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Was it emailed to you or e-transmitted? Probably, since that original path is the same one that email attachments are kept in. What usually loses files like this is that the recipient of the email failed to save the attachment, and the email has since been deleted. If this is the case simply have it re-sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Was it emailed to you or e-transmitted? Probably, since that original path is the same one that email attachments are kept in. What usually loses files like this is that the recipient of the email failed to save the attachment, and the email has since been deleted. If this is the case simply have it re-sent. That is not going to be the case for most people. My email attachments are kept in the email until I save them to a location of my choosing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 That is not going to be the case for most people. My email attachments are kept in the email until I save them to a location of my choosing.I did mention that the email gets deleted before the recipient saves the attachment. Most people would save the attachment first, like you and I, but then they would not be asking where it went afterwards. The OP temp file path is not similar enough to my email temp folder, so I am guessing as to why it existed in a temp file. My point was, if it was in email, get it re-sent and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I don't think AutoCAD saves a path like that unless that's where the file was when it was originally referenced or if the user saves the path. In other words, the path had to be assigned by a user. I see no evidence that the file was emailed but if that were the case, the OP may not have ever had the image file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 but if that were the case, the OP may not have ever had the image file.Yeah, that too. It could be the path on the "other" computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files Those Temp Folder paths and similar Temp Folders, are where your ZIP Files, Email Attachments, even drawings, etc. opened from your Email and Websites (like CADTutor), etc. are located. You have to save them to another location before using them in AutoCAD as attachments. I guess, you just put that image in AutoCAD straight from the source without actually saving to a folder first. You need to go back to where the Image originally came from and save it to somewhere more secure. If those were small image files you should consider embedding them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\TempC:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files Those Temp Folder paths and similar Temp Folders, are where your ZIP Files, Email Attachments, even drawings, etc. opened from your Email and Websites (like CADTutor), etc. are located. That makes sense. I would hope that the temp file also gets deleted after closing the file? I usually save first, then open any attachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Perhaps, I have my Browser set to dump temp file and folders as well as run CCLeaner regularly. Yes, I even have a folder to save stuff I look at from CADTutor, even if the folders aren't deleted, a crash could corrupt them. I'm also not sure if AutoCAD knows what a .dib bitmap is, anybody here reference a .dib before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I'm also not sure if AutoCAD knows what a .dib bitmap is, anybody here reference a .dib before? Apparently it is, since AutoCAD let it be inserted. I get a warning when trying to attach a file format that is not recognized by AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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