You
can specify the frequency and folders for auto-recovery, backup, and save notifications.
Auto-recovery and save
notifications
are controlled by a specified number of minutes.
To
open
this dialog box:
Click
Options
or
and select Backup/Recover.
Auto-Recover
When you start the SOLIDWORKS software after the system has terminated
unexpectedly, you are prompted with a list of auto-recovered documents. The list
shows under Document Recovery in the
Troubleshooting section under the Alerts tab of the Welcome dialog box. You can save an auto-recovered document either
by replacing the original file or by creating a new file.
If you start a second session of the application, a message informs
you that auto-recover will not work. You can continue with the second session or
close the old session and start a new session.
| Save
auto-recover info every n
minutes |
Activates auto-recover and defines
the number of minutes that elapse before an auto-recover file is
created for an open document. The files are closed and deleted when
you save the documents. |
| Auto-recover folder |
Specifies the folder where the
auto-recover files are saved. The Auto-recover folder must be a
folder on your local system. You cannot use a network location or a
mapped network drive. |
| Save
auto-recover info after meshing and after running a simulation
study |
Automatically saves file recovery
information on the completion of meshing or running a study. This
option is in addition to the Save
auto-recover info every n
minutes option. This option is available only when
SOLIDWORKS Simulation is added in. |
Backup
Backup stores a backup of the original document before any changes
are saved to the file. It is one version before the last saved version of the
document. Backup files are named Backup of <document name>. Multiple backups of a
document, are named with the most recent version in Backup
(1), the next most recent in Backup (2), etc.
If changes to an active document are saved in error, opening the
backup file returns the document to the point before the changes were made. If you
save a document without making any changes, the backup file is the same as the
original.
| Number
of backup copies per document |
Activates backup and specifies the
number of copies (from 1 to 10) to save for each document. |
| Backup
folder |
Specifies the folder where the
backup files are saved. The backup folder must be a folder on your
local system. You cannot use a network location or a mapped network
drive. |
| Save
backup files in the same location as the
original |
This option takes precedence over
any specified folder. |
| Remove
backups older than n
days |
Removes older backups when you
start the SOLIDWORKS software. |