pl/sql developer cannot create recovery file

[NBurgan]

We continually receive error messages about a recovery file cannot be created due to access being denied. We sometimes have to click the OK button many times to get rid of the message. We have been using the product for year and this has not been an issue. We are currently using 8.0.1.1502. This occurs on windows xp and windows vista. Sometimes we get a message that the timestamp has changed overwrite? yes. We do not always get the timestamp message.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Recovery files are stored in the Windows temporary directory (%TEMP%\PLS-Recovery). This directory must be accessible.

You can disable recovery through Tools > Preferences > Files / Backup.

 

[lezlee]

Or, if you don't want to disable recovery files, you can easily set the location where recovery files are stored to a folder you do have access to... also by going to Tools > Preferences > Files / Backup..., and entering an absolute path.

I mention this because somebody might read Marco's reply, then think to themselves 'no, i do not want to disable recovery' and then give up or continue searching for answers...

 

[IvanZ]

Backup path has no relation to recovery path.

Recovery path is always %TEMP%, you cannot change that, sadly.

 

[T-Gergely]

And what's the point of setting %TEMP% to a non-writable directory?

 

[IvanZ]

Fixed in 11b1 by

"Crash recovery and desktop files now saved in the user's Application Data directory instead of the Temp directory"

 

[Duddha]

It saves recovery files but PL/SQL Developer Beta 11 doesn't recovering them on next start. It recovers last v10 session but not v11 beta.
Any suggestions?

 

[Marco Kalter]

We'll check it out.