"Parent File Not Found"

[HypnoDigitalis]

I put 2 hours into a piece I was working on, I guess I didn't save as often as I should have. Affinity Photo crashed on me, and didn't offer a recover file. I searched my PC for the autosave file, and it's there. But when I try to open it, it opens a prompt saying "The File is a linked file, but the parent file could not be found" Is there a fix for this? I don't think I could replicate the work I did and I am very stressed over it.

[walt.farrell]

If it's a file you had saved, then you would not be offered the recovery option when you start the program. It would be offered when you try to reopen the saved file.

The option to recover when you start the program is only for completely unsaved files.

[Callum]

As Walt has mentioned this is because you are trying to open .Autosave file which the app unfortunately can't do. The only way to recover the file would be via the method Walt has mentioned above. Unfortunately in this case its likely impossible to recover a copy of the file for you we recommend always creating a back up of important files etc in order to avoid loss of work in the future.
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