Adobe Community: Why Indesign CS6 keeps opening the same old Indesign documents multiple times?

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1. Peter Spier,

May 31, 2012 9:13 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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Try closing ID, then empty the InDesign Recovery folder for CS6. That should stop auto-recovery of everything that was open when you force quit.

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2. Jeneffer Goncalves,

May 31, 2012 9:26 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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Where do I go to empty the Indesing Recovery folder for CS6?... sorry for the question but I never done this before.

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3. Peter Spier,

May 31, 2012 9:52 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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By default it will be in your user library at

Hard Drive/Users/<USER>/Library/Caches/Adobe InDesign/Version 8.0/<Language>/ which is probably a hidden folder and I'm a windows user, so I don't remember how to show hidden folders on Lion.

The location should also be shown inthe prefs under File Handling, but may be partly truncated so not really readable.

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4. Jeneffer Goncalves,

May 31, 2012 10:21 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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I am Mac OS 10.7.3. and I cant find it. I searched for InDesign Recovery folder, and the file doesn't seem to exist anywhere. I tried to find the location for the folder by looking at the file handling under prefs and as you mendioned it is not readable. is there another solution for this?

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5. Peter Spier,

May 31, 2012 10:31 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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As I said, a hidden folder on Lion. See http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-f iles.html

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6. Jeneffer Goncalves,

May 31, 2012 10:46 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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Got it now. I emptied the InDesign Recovery folder but the problem still persists.

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7. Joel Cherney,

May 31, 2012 10:59 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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Try this:

Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps

Drove me nuts for weeks.

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8. Peter Spier,

May 31, 2012 11:00 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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Ahhh, yes, Lion. Seems to me I've read something about a default preference that restores applications to the last state if they were not closed down when you quit. That might be it.

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9. Jeneffer Goncalves,

May 31, 2012 12:31 PM in reply to Peter Spier

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It did not work. The involuntary duplicating of files by Indesign CS6 happens on Digital publishing Work Space, every time I tried to create a button using the button and forms window option for an ipad app.

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10. Jeneffer Goncalves,

Jun 1, 2012 9:41 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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Does it anybody knows why Indesign CS6 keeps duplicating files by itself? Is this a bug??? Please see my previous post... thanks so much for the good soul that can figure this out... like any other bug... it is driving me crazy

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11. Joel Cherney,

Jun 1, 2012 10:40 AM in reply to Jeneffer Goncalves

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Try a clearer explanation, please. Your original post claims that the windows with old converted documents are spawned whenever you click on a page or tab; your most recent post cliams that it happens only in the digital publishing workspace when you create a button. Does it not happen in another workspace?

Why do you have to force quit? Doing so with files open will cause files to re-open from your Recovery folder, so you should stop force quitting ID and quit the normal way. That is what the Recovery folder is for, after all - to automatically re-open docs that were open when ID crashes, or when you force quit.

I have to agree with you, though - I think it's a bug, too, that has to do with how Lion works. You may have to wait for a patch to be released by Adobe (or Apple!), or you may have to reinstall CS6. I don't know if it will help, but you could try replacing your preferences first.

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12. Jeneffer Goncalves,

Jun 1, 2012 11:23 AM in reply to Joel Cherney

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Here is the steps of how the problem starts:

1. I open a old CS5 file from CS6

2. I change the workspace to digital publishing

3. I click on the Button and Form window to drag a button

4. Set the button properties, and as soon as I click anywhere on the page, I get the wheel of death

5. Idesign CS6 opens an old Indesing file out of the blue.

6. I click to close it but a new identical file of the old file is created.

7. I try to go back to the my original file that I was working on, but Indesign wont let me, then again opens an old file out of the blue.

8. I try swiching workspaces. But as soon as I click anywhere on window the same thing happens...

9. After ending up with 4 or 5 docs that I never opened, I force quit.

I think I found a quick fix for this thanks to Peter Spier. I am cleaning up the Indesign Recovery Folder as it gets filled. The only problem is that I have to constantly go back to this folder to empty it to stop the spawning of old docs.

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