A pdf foxit file with comments and highlights on it is overwritten by latex and thus I lost the comments. Where can I recover the previous pdf file?

A foxit reader pdf file with comments on it is just overwritten by a compile on TeXstudio and thus I lost the comments. Where can I recover the previous pdf file?

asked Dec 12, 2017 at 23:38 135 6 6 bronze badges

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If you have Shadow Copy enabled, you can try right-clicking the file and opening the Restore previous versions dialog:

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If you have no other backup or snapshot service set up, your only hope would be a file recovery utility such as Recuva.

answered Dec 12, 2017 at 23:50 2,975 14 14 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges if the file was saved in a Dropbox folder, then Dropbox will have previous versions saved also Commented Dec 12, 2017 at 23:54

I have "Restore previous versions" when I right click on the file but then in the box it says "there are no previous versions available".

Commented Dec 13, 2017 at 0:05

Then sorry to say, you're out of luck on that route (unless you're in a business environment. In that case contact your IT helpdesk; they may have Shadow Copy set up server-side). Only thing left is to try Recuva.