Problem
The Camtasia Recorder shuts down when the computer randomly shuts downs or some other technical reason occurs.
Solution 1
There are various options to resolve this solution.
Option 1: Built-in Disaster Recovery in Camtasia Recorder
The recorder has a built-in disaster recovery feature that will attempt to auto-recover a failed recording.
- Open Camtasia Recorder.
- Click Recover to retrieve the recording.
If this does not retrieve it, please follow option 2.
Option 2: Auto Recover in trecRec Folder
- Press Windows+R on your keyboard to open the Run window.
- Type the following and click OK: %temp%
- Sort folders and files by the latest changes in Date Modified.
- Select the trecRec folder.
- Copy the trecRec folder to your Desktop. There will be a TREC file inside the folder. Open Camtasia Recorder to see if it automatically recovers the file. If it fails or does not recover file, please contact Support to send us the copy from your Desktop to see if anything can be recovered.