topic RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool in Windchill

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

rthellen — Wed, 02 May 2018 18:55:50 GMT

Many Windchill users out there are painfully aware of local workspace cache corruptions. Those who have experienced this problem know that you can contact PTC and they will provide a list containing the names of the local cache files and their equivalent Pro/E file names. You then

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

avillanueva — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:56:06 GMT

You dah man!

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

ptc-5248450 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:45:03 GMT

I have used this Windchill Cache Recovery Tool on Windchill 9 Cache that was corrupted, it renamed all my files back to the Pro/E file names and worked perfect.
I was able to open the files back into Pro/E and no work was lost.

Thanks Ron!

Laura

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

achukwuka — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:47:57 GMT

We have also used this tool on Windchill 8.0 to recover corrupted Cache and it worked perfectly. No data loss.

Alexius C. Chukwuka
IT Analyst, PDP Systems
John Deere Power Systems
Product Engineering Center

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

sean.sullivan — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:43:00 GMT

Ron,

Do you still have the recovery tool available?

Thanks!

Sean Sullivan

Velcon Filters

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

rthellen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:59:52 GMT

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool - Version 2.0

I have made some updates to the Windchill Cache Recovery Tool.

New features include:

· A new look. The current text box is replaced with a list view where all information is in
columns, making it easier to read. Columns are automatically sized in width and you can
manually adjust as required.
· The file's modified date has been added to the display.
· You can sort on any column.
· Simple search. Enter a string and all files containing that string will be highlighted.
Wildcards are not supported at this time.
· Manual selection of single or multiple rows using common methods (click, CTRL click and SHIFT click).
Selected rows are highlighted.
· Recover selected files or recover all files.

As always, do not recover files in the original cache. Copy the files to a new folder and recover
the files in that folder.

This installation will overwrite your current installation. The User Guide is now included as
part of the installation and will include a shortcut in Start Programs. This shortcut and the
program shortcut are now contained in a folder (WC_FileRecovery) in Start Programs. The shortcut
for your current installation (located at the Start Progrmas level) will be left behind by the
installer and can be deleted.

Special thanks to the following individuals for helping test the new version:

- Laura Cook
- Marc DeBower
- Sean Sullivan
- Antonio Villanueva

Ron Thellen

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

ptc-1921184 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:52 GMT

Hi,

How can I download the recovery tool. Can you be able to send me the link please.

Thanks,

Sathya

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

bkurth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:14:19 GMT

Click Files >> Public Files on the blue barat the top of your screen, then ClickScripts. The first two files are the latest versions.

In Reply to Thirugnanam Sathiyavel:

Hi,
How can I download the recovery tool. Can you be able to send me the link please.
Thanks,
Sathya

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

bkurth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:38:47 GMT

Just for clarity: The Path to get to the files is at the top of your webpage, not from within Windchill. Here is a direct link: http://portal.ptcuser.org/p/do/si/topic=67&type=0

Hope this helps.

Brian

In Reply to Brian Kurth:

Click Files >> Public Files on the blue barat the top of your screen, then ClickScripts. The first two files are the latest versions.

In Reply to Thirugnanam Sathiyavel:
Hi,
How can I download the recovery tool. Can you be able to send me the link please.
Thanks,
Sathya

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

fklink — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:59:13 GMT

Thank you Ron for this tool.

I was always opening the files one by one to read the header.

Great job.

François

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

sean.sullivan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:14:55 GMT

Just wanted to again submit my thanks to Ron for this great tool as it came in handy again the other day. Cheers!

In Reply to Ron Thellen:

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool - Version 2.0
I have made some updates to the Windchill Cache Recovery Tool.
New features include:
· A new look. The current text box is replaced with a list view where all information is in
columns, making it easier to read. Columns are automatically sized in width and you can
manually adjust as required.
· The file's modified date has been added to the display.
· You can sort on any column.
· Simple search. Enter a string and all files containing that string will be highlighted.
Wildcards are not supported at this time.
· Manual selection of single or multiple rows using common methods (click, CTRL click and SHIFT click).
Selected rows are highlighted.
· Recover selected files or recover all files.
As always, do not recover files in the original cache. Copy the files to a new folder and recover
the files in that folder.
This installation will overwrite your current installation. The User Guide is now included as
part of the installation and will include a shortcut in Start Programs. This shortcut and the
program shortcut are now contained in a folder (WC_FileRecovery) in Start Programs. The shortcut
for your current installation (located at the Start Progrmas level) will be left behind by the
installer and can be deleted.
Special thanks to the following individuals for helping test the new version:
- Laura Cook
- Marc DeBower
- Sean Sullivan
- Antonio Villanueva
Ron Thellen

Sean Sullivan

Velcon Filters LLC

CAD Administrator / Product Development Engineer

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

rthellen — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:38:03 GMT

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool - Version 2.01

A user informed me that the 2.00 version of the tool returns an error when trying to recover files on Windows Vista or Windows 7. After locating the files, selecting one of the Recover options returns an error indicating that the files could not be found.

I have corrected the problem and new installers have been uploaded to the Public Files download area. The tool now works on Windows XP, Vista and 7.

Ron Thellen

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

rthellen — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:15:16 GMT

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool - Version 2.03

I have implemented some enhancements to the Windchill Cache Recovery Tool.

New features include:

· Corrected issue with the sort icon in the column header.
Previously, when a user selected a column header in order
to sort that column, the icon would be displayed in the
column header of the selected column as expected.
However, when a different column was selected, the icon
would not be removed from the original column.
The sort icon now works correctly.

· The Date Modified format has been modified to include leading
zeros for all fields (month, day, hour, minutes and seconds).
This ensures that the column is sorted correctly if a user
sorts on that column.

· The application is now threaded. Previously, if you selected
a large number of lid files in the File > Open dialog, the UI
began adding the files to the window and displayed the file
currently being processed above the table.
However, if the application lost focus (i.e., you clicked on
another window), the application stopped updating the display
and returning focus to the application had no effect.
The “wait” cursor would display, but that is all.
The application now updates regardless of which window has focus.

· While processing lid files, the table is no longer updated until
all the files have been processed. This eliminates the annoying
flashing as the table was being populated. The file currently being
processed (displayed above the table) is the visual indication that
the application is “working” along with the “wait” cursor.

· A check is made during file recovery to ensure that the file being
recovered has not previously been recovered. If a file in the recovery
folder has the same name as the current file being recovered, a dialog
is presented with details on both files (size and date modified) and
you are provided the option to overwrite the existing file.

As always, do not recover files in the original cache.
Copy the files to a new folder and recover the files in that folder.

This installation will overwrite your current installation.

Special thanks to Laura Cook for helping test the new version:

Ron Thellen

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

ocorten-2 — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 21:26:35 GMT

Hi Ron,

Great work. Your tool has helped me several times recovering lost data.
These improvements are very helpfull.

For others: Here is the direct link to the Public Files download section:

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

MikeIbosh — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:12:27 GMT

Ron,
Thank You soooo much for sharing this utility with the PTCUser community. We are running Windchill 10.1 M010 with Creo Elements/pro 5.0 M150, and have had many workspace cache issues, and your utility has let us recover almost all of the work that might have been lost due to the crashes. Sometimes when the cache blows up, it won't even let Creo start again until you delete the WC folder completely. Thanks again ...

Mike Ibosh

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

pwilliams-3 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:28:13 GMT

Yes thanks very much Ron. This tool has helped us greatly in the past to recover workspaces.

Patrick Williams | Engineering Systems | c: 616.947.2110
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RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

M_Haßlöcher — Tue, 06 May 2014 09:18:14 GMT

Ron,

many thanks for providing us with this great tool. We appreciate a lot your work on this!

Is it possible to ask, if you canimplement some possible improvements in a new version?

Description:

If we recover the lids from a users workspace, we have very often the situation, that the user "produced" a lot of lids with the same object name (Save iterations).

When we recover now with your great tool the data, then we need to sort first all the files by date (newest first) and then all the pop up messages we need to say "No" to get always the latest stored data, that's very anoying and needs a lot of clicks.

So, can you implement a function to recover only the latest data automatically. I think that would help many many companys in the world really a lot?

again, many many thanks.

Martin

In Reply to Ron Thellen:

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool - Version 2.03

I have implemented some enhancements to the Windchill Cache Recovery Tool.

New features include:

· Corrected issue with the sort icon in the column header.
Previously, when a user selected a column header in order
to sort that column, the icon would be displayed in the
column header of the selected column as expected.
However, when a different column was selected, the icon
would not be removed from the original column.
The sort icon now works correctly.

· The Date Modified format has been modified to include leading
zeros for all fields (month, day, hour, minutes and seconds).
This ensures that the column is sorted correctly if a user
sorts on that column.

· The application is now threaded. Previously, if you selected
a large number of lid files in the File > Open dialog, the UI
began adding the files to the window and displayed the file
currently being processed above the table.
However, if the application lost focus (i.e., you clicked on
another window), the application stopped updating the display
and returning focus to the application had no effect.
The “wait” cursor would display, but that is all.
The application now updates regardless of which window has focus.

· While processing lid files, the table is no longer updated until
all the files have been processed. This eliminates the annoying
flashing as the table was being populated. The file currently being
processed (displayed above the table) is the visual indication that
the application is “working” along with the “wait” cursor.

· A check is made during file recovery to ensure that the file being
recovered has not previously been recovered. If a file in the recovery
folder has the same name as the current file being recovered, a dialog
is presented with details on both files (size and date modified) and
you are provided the option to overwrite the existing file.

As always, do not recover files in the original cache.
Copy the files to a new folder and recover the files in that folder.

This installation will overwrite your current installation.

Special thanks to Laura Cook for helping test the new version:

Ron Thellen

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

davehaigh — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:34:23 GMT

Actually, I like having all the versions available. I've had cases where my cache was not corrupt, but I had done something In ProE/Creo that I later decided was a bad design idea and I wanted to go back to the earlier version. Workspace frames just wasn't getting me where I wanted to be.

I copied all the *_lid files and used the tool to get back the actual filenames. Then I could use the open menu, set it to show all versions and pick an earlier version from the folder where these files were. Saving then made my current workspace version that older version I was looking for. Problem solved.

David Haigh
Phone: 925-424-3931
Fax: 925-423-7496
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
7000 East Ave, L-362
Livermore, CA 94550

From: Martin Haßlöcher [

RE: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

rthellen — Fri, 23 May 2014 00:31:17 GMT

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool - Version 2.04

I have implemented some enhancements to the Windchill Cache Recovery Tool.

New features include:

· Corrected issue when sorting by Date Modified.

· Added the option to recover all iterations of files.

While recovering files, the current version detects file
name conflicts and displays a dialog with the option to
replace the previously saved file. This could result in
a rather tedious effort if multiple iterations of the
file exist in the local cache.

In this version there is a new Options drop down on the
Menu Bar with a selection titled Recover All Iterations.
If this option is checked, file name conflicts will
result in an additional .1, .2, etc appended to the name.

Selecting this option will automatically sort on the
Date Modified and Preferred Name fields.

See the User Guide for more details.

As always, do not recover files in the original cache.
Copy the files to a new folder and recover the files in that folder.

This installation will overwrite your current installation.

Special thanks to Martin for the suggestion. We exchanged some emails
offline and instead of just recovering the latest, decided that recovering
all iterations was a better solution.

Ron Thellen

Windchill Cache Recovery Tool

rstewart-2 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:53:55 GMT

Hi Ron,

Thanks for creating a great tool. I was wondering if you
could add an option to add the Revision and Iteration to the recovered file
name. Sometimes the same file is used across different local caches. The
recovered name for bold.prt would become bolt_A_1.prt. Also would you
consider releasing the source code.

Thanks,

Ray