How to Recover Lost Tabs, Bookmarks and Settings

If your tabs or bookmarks disappear after an update, S Files Pro X keeps backup copies of its settings file. Here is where to find them and how to restore them.

S Files Pro X saves your tabs, bookmarks and settings in a file called config.json. When a new version changes the format of that file, the app upgrades it automatically. Rarely, the upgrade fails and the settings are reset. The app keeps backups, so you can usually get everything back.

Where the settings file is

config.json is in this folder (replace <UserName> with your Windows user name):

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Packages\43158JPTGamesandApps.ShresthaFiles-AModernDualPane_pnxmbr0ydfejr\LocalState

You can also open the log viewer (turn it on in Settings if it is hidden) and click the Open Application Folder icon at its top right.

The backup files

In the same LocalState folder you may find:

File What it holds
config.prior.json The settings from the previous version of the app
config.successful.json The last settings file the app read successfully
config.failed.json A settings file the app could not read

More backups are kept in:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Packages\43158JPTGamesandApps.ShresthaFiles-AModernDualPane_pnxmbr0ydfejr\LocalCache\ConfigBackups

Windows may clean up this folder over time, so do not rely on it for long-term backups.

Restore your settings

  1. Close S Files Pro X. The app writes its settings when it closes, so any change made while it is running is overwritten.
  2. In LocalState, rename the current config.json to something like config.broken.json, to keep it just in case.
  3. Copy the backup you want to restore, for example config.prior.json, and rename the copy to config.json.
  4. Start S Files Pro X.

If the app crashes at launch after an update

  1. Close the app, then move config.json and the other config.*.json files out of LocalState into another folder.
  2. Start the app and press Ctrl+S to save. A fresh config.json is created.
  3. With the app closed, copy the settings you need from your saved files back into the new config.json.

Keep your own backup

Copy config.json somewhere safe from time to time, for example after setting up your bookmarks. If you edit it by hand, do so only while the app is closed; if the app cannot read the edited file, it falls back to a previous version, or to default settings if that fails too.

Still stuck? Email log.txt, config.json and a short description to support@sfiles.app, or ask on Discord.

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