Where did my database go?

DEVONthink Tips
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Hi
I was rather alarmed that having spent hours creating my database, when I go to File-> open recent database -select my Databse - it opens an empty database.
The only way o retrieve my database is to restart DevonThink and it opens as the default database.
I am now worried that if I create a new database I wont be able to get back to this first one.
Please advise as I dont want to have to recreate this database all over again…

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Are you sure that it did open an empty database? Assuming that DEVONthink Pro was still running and that you didn’t close the database on your own (via File > Close Database), then choosing an already opened database should only open new window if there’s no window.

Anyway, a window opened via File > New Window should definitely show your contents. Otherwise please check the statistics of File > Database Properties too.

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Thanks
My confusion was that the name of the file on the HD was different to that of the database.
Is there a way to do ‘SaveAs’ so I can rename the file on the HD ?

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No. But you can rename the database file (*.dtBase) if DEVONthink Pro is not running of course.