Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Does ArcGIS for Desktop have auto-backup feature?


Did Esri decide to dump the backup file when ArcMap crashes and didn't save the file? Did they change anything to that? Did they change that to MXD Doctor?


Whenever I try to exit or save my project in ArcMap, it just crashes and I when I look for the backup file, I see nothing.


I'm using ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop.




Answer



As someone who uses ArcMap 10.1 frequently and has it crash frequently, I can say that there is no MXD recovery that I've seen. It's just the "Please tell ESRI what happened!" box and then nothing.


With that said, having ArcMap crash every time you save sounds like a configuration problem. If it's possible, I'd suggest doing a complete uninstall and then a fresh reinstall. I've had issues doing an "upgrade" installation.


Chad Cooper posted a link to the ArcGIS Idea submission in a comment if you'd like to give feedback.


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