# FInding an empty .pde file on startup

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/finding-an-empty-pde-file-on-startup/2054>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 24, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/finding-an-empty-pde-file-on-startup/2054 "2018-07-24T21:38:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sissyl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/sissyl/32/880_2.png) [@Sissyl](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Sissyl)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/finding-an-empty-pde-file-on-startup/2054/1 "2018-07-24T21:38:42Z")

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For the second time, I find that when I start up my sketch, the .pde file is empty of everything. I saved before I closed the program. I didn’t do anything particularly advanced, it was a somewhat working sprite editor program that didn’t have any file capabilities yet. I have restarted the processing editor, and the computer, with no luck.

Does anyone know why this happened? Is it a known bug? What can I do?

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/finding-an-empty-pde-file-on-startup/2054/2 "2018-07-24T21:45:00Z")

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You may find those PDE folders w/ “.java” files @ “%LocalAppData%\Temp”.

Choose sort by modification time to find them faster. Good luck! ⭐

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**Author:** ![Sissyl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/sissyl/32/880_2.png) [@Sissyl](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Sissyl)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/finding-an-empty-pde-file-on-startup/2054/3 "2018-07-25T06:59:50Z")

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Thank you so so much. I was considering giving up on Processing. Now I won’t have to.