Captivate Backup File

Ever noticed a new file with the same name as that of your Captivate project file and an extension called .bak in the same folder as that of your project file? Well, there is nothing much to worry about it. That's an automatic backup file generated by Captivate for your project folder. Every time you save your Captivate project, the back up file also gets updated.

The main advantage of this file is that in case your project folder gets corrupted or is not opening, you can use the backup file to open original one in the last saved status. All you need to do is, change the extension of the backup file from .bak to .cp, and open the file in Captivate.

A Captivate project may get corrupted due to any of the following reasons:

• Using an older version of Adobe Captivate.
• Copied objects/slides into an older version of Adobe Captivate.
• The Captivate project is located in a network location.
• Using a system that does not meet the minimum system requirement for Captivate.
• You closed a Captivate project improperly (without saving, for example).

By default, the Generate Project Backup option is enabled in Captivate. But sometimes, if you working on large projects, it may take a little more time to save your files. Also, the size of the backup files might be larger than your main project file. So in case, you want to disable this option, go to Edit-Preferences (Shift+F8) and deselect the option from Global - General Settings.

If by any chance, you did not enable the Generate Project Backup option and your file fets corrupted, you may try the following methods:
- Open the project in the latest version of Adobe Captivate.
- Use the workaround mentioned in this article.