Project backup

Projects are automatically backed up when:

You save a project
You update a project to a more recent version of
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
You restore a project from backup. See Restore a project.

The default location for the backup folder is:

%localappdata%\Rockwell Automation\FactoryTalk Optix\Studio\Backups\

Project Name

Each of the project folders consists of other subfolders with the following types of backups:

Automatic
. Three backups, performed when saving the project.
Recovery
. One backup, performed when a corrupt project is opened and repair attempted. See Restore a project.
Upgrade
. Two backups, performed when updating the project to a more recent version of
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
.