# Missing Project **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [March 31, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419 "2020-03-31T13:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/1 "2020-03-31T13:02:20Z")
Hi Guys, I am new to Sketch Up (Just modelling a project for a group work at Uni), i have been working on it fine up until today when i launched Sketch Up pro, (the trial version) and it is no longer showing up on my recent files, i have searched everywhere for it, but cannot find it! Any help would be appreciated, as this was 20h+ of work! thanks, Jack ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/2 "2020-03-31T13:07:29Z")
> [@18051284](#): > > i have searched everywhere for it, but cannot find it! Where did the file live prior to its disappearance? On your local disk? Dropbox? OneDrive? USB Thumb drive? ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/3 "2020-03-31T13:11:59Z")
Hi, I’m not sure, i would imagine on my local disk, i used to just press save, periodically. ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/4 "2020-03-31T13:25:38Z")
Have you tried searching your system for all SketchUp model files? Like so… Press the Window Key+S … and then type … \ ***.skp** (including the asterisk) ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/5 "2020-03-31T13:29:37Z")
Just tried this, “no items matched your search” ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/6 "2020-03-31T13:34:05Z")
I have found a very early version, on trimble that i used with sketch up free, but this is 20h before, i tried clicking save as, to see if the newer version might be there but it was not, and it was in this place - C:\Users\Jack\AppData\Local\Temp\skp20200331–f113jg ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/7 "2020-03-31T13:42:16Z")
It’s not clear what you mean by “on trimble” Try opening SketchUp Pro There, look to the top menus … **File** \> **Trimble Connect** \> **Open Model** ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/8 "2020-03-31T13:46:48Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/e/7e9bf39cfb4361f75c28bfdc7a034e8587f7fe56.jpeg) i can only see the two files that we did in class on sketch up free here ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/9 "2020-03-31T13:59:56Z")
I’m out of ideas as to where the file might have gone. Perhaps @TheOnlyAaron and @colin would lend their detective skills. ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/10 "2020-03-31T14:01:25Z")
Thanks for helping, anything would be very much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/11 "2020-03-31T14:10:33Z")
I have just had a thought, i had not opened Sketch up in a few days, does it get rid of temporary files after a few days/ is there a way to recover them? i had been clicking save but maybe it was being saved to a temporary location? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/12 "2020-03-31T14:16:07Z")
> [@18051284](#): > > does it get rid of temporary files after a few days? SketchUp doesn’t but your operating system does. If you were saving to a temp folder, this could explain why you can’t find the file. As for recovering it, it might be possible with some sort of file recovery software. Exactly which one to use I can’t say. ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/13 "2020-03-31T14:43:15Z")
Hi thanks, i have recovered a file which i think is it, its a .skb file, but i can’t open in it sketch up, any tips on how i might be able to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/14 "2020-03-31T14:46:51Z")
change the .skb to .skp ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/15 "2020-03-31T14:48:56Z")
How can i do this? ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/16 "2020-03-31T14:50:27Z")
select the file, right click and choose Rename, change the b to a p and hit enter, it will warn you that changing a file extension can harm things, do it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/17 "2020-03-31T14:51:00Z")
Thanks just did this, opened it with sketch up, it said “this does not appear to be a sketch up model” ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/18 "2020-03-31T14:51:26Z")
Then it has been damaged in the recovery. ---
**Author:** ![18051284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@18051284](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/18051284)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/19 "2020-03-31T14:52:04Z")
Is there anyway i can get an undamaged version? ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419/20 "2020-03-31T14:53:39Z")
I’m at a loss as to how you had a saved file to begin with if you hadn’t saved it to a location. So I can’t offer any more advice at this stage. [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/missing-project/120419.md?page=2)