Recover a Visual Studio project that was never saved

It might be worth checking out the folder where AutoRecover files are saved.

You can find the default file location in Visual Studio on the Tools - Options menu. Look in the Projects and Solutions section - expand that and look in General to find the default file locations.

My files were under C:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Backup Files.

This may help: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saraford/archive/2008/02/14/did-you-know-where-visual-studio-saves-auto-recovered-files-in-the-case-of-an-unexpected-shutdown-151.aspx

Also check C:\Users{Username}\AppData\Local\Temporary Projects

You could try one of those undelete programs and see if it finds anything.

Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions

and check the item

Save new projects when created

Save frequently. :)

Need to give one related input. Who the hell had the idea to implement this feature???

I used Visual Studio until 2003, then came back again to 2010 now. After 2 days work, saving all the time, as I used to (Ctrl + S), I close the project and decide not to save the solution itself.

Done. All lost. Nothing can be recovered from anywhere in the computer.

How can a developer implement a dumb idea such as dropping all work in an "in memory" project. You either know about it already or you will get screwed; like thousands found on Google during my desperate search.

Did Microsoft VS team look at it at least? So frustrating...