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Questions tagged [autosave]

Function in computer applications (video games, or programs) which saves an opened document automatically.

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Excel for Mac keeps trying to recover autosaved files

When I open Excel for Mac it always starts with a message Excel saved changes to the file before the application quit unexpectedly. It then prompts me to open the last saved version (even though last Excel session ended normally). When I click on…
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How can I change the default location Snipping Tool auto-saves screenshots to?

When you open the Windows Snipping Tool using +Shift+S, it will autosave the images to %UserProfile%\Pictures\Screenshots, but I want to change that default location. How can I change the default save location for the snipping tool only, and not…
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Where does the Lazarus Chrome extension store its database?

Lazarus' website is down, so I can't look this up. Where in Linux should I look to find its SQLite database of saved forms?
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Any way to have Notepad++ automatically save on exit?

Is there any way I can get Notepad++ to save and close under one command? For example on hitting Alt-F4, Notepad++ would not only close the program, but also save the document. (manually editing a very large number of txt documents, and want to…
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How can I make a LibreOffice instance save a file, without using the GUI?

I've gone abroad, leaving LibreOffice Writer open with some file I edited. Unfortunately - I forgot to press Save! Now, I have SSH access to that machine, but - how can I make LibreOffice save the file without me using the GUI? Can I signal it…
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How can I save automatically my files to OneDrive or Google Drive without store in my computer?

I'm a web developer and I have Windows 10 installed on a very small SSD (128GB). The problem is, when I want to save my file to a cloud service, I need to store the files on my computer, so that the OneDrive or the Google Drive client can…
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linux text editor with no prompt autosave and restore?

I am looking for some way to take ad hoc notes on linux where I don't need to explicitly save those notes. On windows, I use Notepad++ that has a feature where new, untitled documents are automatically saved (without prompting the user) and…
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Save a autorecovered word document with the original file name

Word auto-recovers documents that were not saved properly. Occasionally, our network reboots computers, if I have left a document open (which I do often) to continue working on it the next day, the file is easily recovered, BUT Word will not let me…
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Enable auto save conversations in Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

How can I automatically save every conversation that I have in Microsoft Office Communicator 2007? For any conversation, I have to manually say do the following Click File Click Save Select Save As Email which saves the Conversation so far in…
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Linux - Show unsaved applications before shutting down

When you shut down a macOS system, it asks applications to exit one by one, and the system will not shut down unless all applications agree to exit (aka. there is no unsaved work) or until they are manually forced to exit. When you shut down a…
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Locate Excel Autosave recovery files in Finder

I was working on an Excel file which I had saved earlier when my MacBook crashed (several hours between manual Save, extremely repentant at the moment). With help from another thread (Locating Autorecover files Excel 2011 doesn't find), I have been…
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What Could Explain This Odd "Automatic Save" Behavior of Notepad?

I have recently encountered this very odd behavior using the basic Notepad of Windows 10, and I can't figure out what could explain it. I'm using the MT Power Drumkit 2 plugin for the LMMS music generator program. The former has its own temporary…
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How to autofill webpage with specific and pre-made data?

Ok, lets get straight to the thing... The main purpose of my asking is to make things effortless as that is gonna be so useful for me. But I just dont know how to do it, even though I think it might be possible to do it unofficially if there's no…
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word is autosaving document on every key stroke

For some reason word has started saving my document each time that I type a keystroke. I have set autosave to 10 minutes, but it does not make a difference. Thanks in advance S
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Set "Do not autosave" flag in excel

I am working on a shared file which exports a CSV on execution of a macro. The file was created before we used 365 and the script modifies data within the sheet before exporting. Because the data it modifies / deletes is still required it then…
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