Lost a World on a Chromebook
I have a student that is using Minecraft Education on a chromebook and a world they were working on just disappeared. She was working in the world and her chromebook crashed and when she turned it back on her world was gone. Another world she had worked on was there, but not the other. Any suggestions?
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Hey Christopher,
I'm not sure what may have happened with your students world here.
The world files may still be here:- Play files > games > com.mojang > minecraftWorlds
Since the file paths can vary on different Chromebook devices, you can search for this folder in your Files app if you do not find them there. Make sure to click on the vertical dots in the top right and select "Show hidden files" and "Show all Play folders" to make sure your search is pulling up the right result
The tricky part of this is that the world folders are listed with a "GUID", which is a series of letters and numbers that don't correlate to the world name that you'd recognize. Here what I would suggest finding the world and see if you can still open it:
-sort the minecraftWorlds folder by date and try to pinpoint the time you were last in the world
-open the folder that has a date/time close to the last time you were in the world
-open the file called "levelname.txt" in a text editor to see the name of the world. If it's the world you are looking for, close -the file and move to the next step
-copy the entire folder for this world to your desktop, or another convenient location
-Right-click the folder, and then select "Zip selection".
-A zip file will appear under the folder selection.
-Rename the .zip file to "[WORLDNAME].mcworld" - WORLDNAME is a name you choose that is recognizable to you
-Double click on this file, and Minecraft: Education will launch
Just let me know if you have any issues and I will gladly assist.0 -
Students losing work is always frustrating. I hear educators on the Teachers' Lounge talking about the importance of immediately giving worlds a unique name, and saving versions.
I have to agree that backups are essential, and good file names are hugely important. On Chromebooks, crashes mean a different kind of disconnect, depending on the management of the devices. In other words, if your student signed in as a guest, the world might disappear, no matter what. If all students sign in with school email accounts, then it's possible that the crash was too severe for a decent version of the world to have saved. I have a "if I would cry if I lost this, I save it now" policy. =D I tell my students I have never actually cried over lost files, but I have lost hours of work because I didn't stop and save versions. It's a worthwhile part of instruction (although you do also have to teach cleanup! so you don't have too many files as well.)
Good luck, and sorry for the trouble.
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