Lost & Found

Discover and recover lost or orphaned workspaces using the Lost & Found.

The Lost & Found helps you find orphaned workspaces for both Msty Studio Desktop and Studio Web.

For privacy and cross-compatibility reasons, Msty Studio Web stores your data locally in an OPFS database Read our blog post on how this ensures privacy. Very rarely, your browser may create a new database unexpectedly. When that happens, your previous workspaces may not appear in the app but Lost & Found can help you find and recover them easily.

How to Use Lost & Found to Recover Workspaces

Open Lost & Found

Go to Settings > Data > Lost & Found.

Run a Scan

For Desktop

Choose one of:

  • Scan App Data – searches the app’s internal data directory
  • Scan Folder – choose any folder; all subfolders are scanned

For Web

  • Scan Folder – select a folder using the browser’s directory picker or file-input fallback - see below for instructions on finding and scanning browser file system folders

Review results and take action

See below for re-importing found workspaces.

Scanning Browser File System Data for Msty Studio Web

The Lost & Found feature cannot scan your browser’s original File System folder directly because it resides in a protected system location. Follow these steps to create a copy of the File System folder in an accessible location for scanning:

  1. Find the directory on your computer where your browser stores its File System data. Search the web for your specific browser and OS to see where the file system folder is located.
  2. Locate the File System folder.
  3. Copy the entire folder and paste it somewhere simple and accessible such as your Desktop or Documents.
    Avoid leaving it in protected locations like the system root (C:\).
  4. In Lost & Found, choose Scan Folder and select the copied File System folder in its new location.

Scan Results Table

Lost & Found scans specific locations for workspace-like SQLite databases and displays them in a table. For each detected workspace file, it shows:

  • Workspace name
  • File name, size, and last modified time
  • Status:
    • Current – matches the currently active workspace
    • Linked – matches an existing workspace in your list
    • Found – not currently in your workspace list
  • Actions:
    • Restore current workspace (Current only)
    • Import as new workspace (all statuses)

Recover a Workspace

Restore Current Workspace:

  1. Find a row labeled Current
  2. Open the Actions menu
  3. Select Restore current workspace
  4. Confirm the warning dialog

The active workspace is then replaced with the recovered data successfully.

Import as New Workspace

  1. Open the Actions menu
  2. Select Import as new workspace and a new workspace will be created with the recovered data.
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