Cannot restore files between different drives in Windows

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Problem Description

I keep getting this error message when trying to restore files. Spyder is open in drive D and backup file is in drive C.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Closed spyder by Crtl+C while in bootstap mode from CMD, or even close Spyder without saving the file after some changes
2. I always then keep getting a dialog asking to restore the file
3. When I try to restore the file and error is displayed. Clicking OK does nothing!

The error states that the system cannot move the file between different drives. Therefore, I just discard the auto-saved file, to let Spyder launches.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

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Versions

• Spyder version: Spyder beta4.0 under development (forked today).
• Python version: 3.6
• Qt version:
• PyQt version:
• Operating System name/version: windows 10

Dependencies

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pygments >=2.0 : 2.3.1 (OK) qdarkstyle >=2.6.4: 2.6.5 (OK) sphinx >=0.6.6 : 1.8.3 (OK) pyls >=0.19.0 : 0.19.0 (OK) nbconvert >=4.0 : 5.4.0 (OK) pandas >=0.13.1 : 0.23.4 (OK) numpy >=1.7 : 1.15.4 (OK) sympy >=0.7.3 : 1.3 (OK) cython >=0.21 : 0.29.3 (OK) qtconsole >=4.2.0 : 4.4.3 (OK) IPython >=4.0 : 7.2.0 (OK) matplotlib >=2.0.0: 3.0.2 (OK) pylint >=0.25 : 2.2.2 (OK)

This might give an idea to the solution. https://bugs.python.org/issue29805

[jitseniesen]

As I understand the documentation, shutil.move(src, dest) fails on Windows if dest already exists. Unfortunately.

I also have another question, it is necessary to show the recovery (restore) dialog when the user decides not to save modified files when closing Spyder?

It shouldn’t. I think @CAM-Gerlach also mentioned this on Gitter. I’ll have a look later today.

[jitseniesen]

Thanks for checking.