6 Replies Latest reply on Jul 19, 2008 12:18 PM by Jim_Simon

Uninstalled Premiere - Get old files back?

(RJSims) Jul 18, 2008 8:13 PM

So I foolishly uninstalled premiere to do a clean install of my system without taking the files I was working on out of the default save folder. Is there any way I can get these files back? I've looked in my recycle bin and couldn't find any folder or files that looked like the ones I had. I'm doubtful that I can, and luckily I have some exported AVIs, but it would be a lot easier to use the files. Thanks for any help you can give for my mistake.

1. Re: Uninstalled Premiere - Get old files back?

Jim_Simon Jul 18, 2008 10:25 PM (in response to (RJSims))

Uninstalling Premiere won't do anything to your project files. If you mean that you wiped the hard drive and reinstalled Windows from scratch, then you're pretty much screwed.
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2. Re: Uninstalled Premiere - Get old files back?

(RJSims) Jul 18, 2008 10:40 PM (in response to (RJSims))

Well that's good news. Where the files saved, then? I had simply been saving them to the default folder that Premiere gave me as I had no reason to save them elsewhere and I didn't pay attention to the folder. Thanks for the response.
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3. Re: Uninstalled Premiere - Get old files back?

Ann Bens Jul 19, 2008 12:20 AM (in response to (RJSims))

If you done a clean install of the system (reinstalled windows) and all Premiere files are installed in the default folder which is My Documents which is on the C-drive: there gone.
When doing a clean install always move My Documents to another drive, don't leave it on the C-drive.
Then on the other hand you do not save your projects to My Documents but to a special assigned A/V scratch disk.
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Phil Griffith Jul 19, 2008 7:14 AM (in response to (RJSims))

do a search for you project (*.prprog)
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(ElvisLives) Jul 19, 2008 10:04 AM (in response to (RJSims))

Just curious... why would an uninstall of Premiere wipe out any "project" files? I've never done it so I don't know.

I just can't picture uninstalling something like Mircosoft Office (which I've done) and losing all my documents I ever created with it regardless of where they were saved.
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6. Re: Uninstalled Premiere - Get old files back?

Jim_Simon Jul 19, 2008 12:18 PM (in response to (RJSims))

>why would an uninstall of Premiere wipe out any "project" files?

It doesn't.
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