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Recover overwritten JAVA file

I was making a jar file but accidentally wrote TimerV1.java instead of TimerV1.jar and as a result, my whole source code got replaced with machine code and the sad thing is there's still something I have to edit.

I am using Notepad++ and tried searching the Roaming directory but there's nothing there.

I also tried decompiling the jar file and editing the exported source files (with JD-GUI) but when I try to compile those source files I get errors that I don't even know how to resolve.

Is there any way to recover the previous versions of my java file?

Solution

  • You can use JAD (Java Decompiler) but.. not all code can be reversed into source.

    Try one of: