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February 19th, 2006 19:00
undo a save?
Is it possible to undo a save? I used the Paint program to make a pciture smaller, and accidently hit "save" instead of "save as." So now, if I zoom in it just gets blurry. I've done everything I can think of to change this, but I'm out of ideas. I really want this picture back, so if you have any ideas, they'd be GREATLY appreciated.
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February 19th, 2006 22:00
MaryCatherine7489,
About the only way to do this would be to do a System Restore to a date after you downloaded the photo but before you changed it. This assumes the photo was saved in the My Documents folder or your photo program's directory under Program Files.
First, backup all current program data, documents, music, videos, photos, etc. to removable media (CD R/W, ZIP disk, USB drive).
Now. Click on Start|All Programs|Accessories|System Tools|System Restore. Create a current system restore point. Once that is done, see if a restore point exists for a date that meets the aforementionned criteria. Restore your system to that point. Find the photo and copy the photo to removable media. After that is done you can run system restore again, and restore your system back to the current restore point you created. This may work.
Tony
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February 19th, 2006 23:00
Paint doesn't saves a backup copy of the original file so I'm sorry to say, it's probably gone. :(
Ron
Edit: Once the file is saved, there's nothing for "edit>undo" to do. The 'clipboard' is cleared.
Message Edited by RoHe on 02-19-2006 05:02 PM
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tgsmith
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February 20th, 2006 02:00
RoHe,
Mud on my face. You're right. It only works on my system. Modified my system restore filelist several years ago when creating a solution for a recurring problem like MaryCatherine's.
Tony