# My code lost. Help!

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**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/my-code-lost-help/12721 "2019-07-15T10:51:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/my-code-lost-help/12721/8 "2019-07-15T21:27:01Z")

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- 1st step, type in %Temp% or %Tmp% at **Windows Explorer** ’s “Address Bar”.
- Inside that folder, right-click at anywhere empty and choose “Sort by” -\> “Date Modified” & “Descending”.
- If you had successfully saved your sketch previously, let’s say it’s named “Ball\_in\_the\_Chamber” for example, you’re gonna find subfolders named like this: “Ball\_in\_the\_Chamber5248231791290049437temp”.
- Either they contain “.class” files only or they contain “.java” files.
- You need to pick the most recent subfolder containing “.java” files.
- As @jeremydouglass warned above, you’re gonna need to convert the most recent “.java” files back to the “.pde” syntax.

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