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I'm using EndNote 8 or later, and I deleted my library file, but still have my .Data folder. Is there any way to recover the library information with just the contents of the .Data folder? |
Answer:
When EndNote 8 or later opens a library, it first checks the contents of the .Data folder, and only uses the information in the .enl library file if the .Data information is missing or corrupt. So, you can essentially trick the program into working with the .Data folder if you provide an empty .enl file.
To do this, create a plain text file, and rename the file to be the library name, followed by the .enl file extension.
When creating the text file on Windows,
if you are unable to see the .txt file extension in order to change it, you need to first enable viewing that option.
Go to the Tools menu (press Alt to view menus in Windows Vista). Select Folder Options / View tab. Uncheck the box that reads "Hide file extensions for known file types." Click Ok.
In Mac OS X if you dont see the file extension, Control-Click on the file and choose "Get Info" from the popup menu. Under "Name & Extension" remove the .txt and add .enl.
For instance, if you have a "MyLibraryName.Data" folder, you can create a file called "MyLibraryName.enl" (in the same location as the "MyLibraryName.Data" folder), which you should be able to open with EndNote 8 or later.
This will only work with EndNote 8 or later, since the database structure consists of the library file and the .Data folder. For EndNote 7 and earlier, all of the data is contained in the library.enl file, so if this file is deleted, there is no data to recover.
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