rich123
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4 years ago Github's search ability leaves a lot to be desired -- but I can't help their lack of ability to build a workable search.
As for where a file is saved, the default, if you did not change anything, is the current working directory of the Gorilla process. Which on windows can be whatever windows decides to assign.
I see two ways to find your existing file:
1) go through just enough creation of a new DB to get to saving the DB, then when the dialog appears asking you to give it a name, make note of which directory is used as the default location. It is very likely your existing passwords file will be in that same location.
2) presuming you remember the name you used for the file, search your drive for files with that name (you can do this from the file explorer by putting the search string into the 'find' box on the top, and adding a star (*) to find all variants. (This at least works with W10, I'm presuming something similar works with W7.)
So, if you remember you named the file "passwords" then you could find it by starting at C: in the file explorer window, and entering "password*" in the find box, pressing return, and waiting while windows searches the drive. Note that this may take some time (length depends upon whether you have a traditional spinning platter disk or a faster SSD disk), and it may also return other results, so you'll likely have to look through what returns to find your passwords file.
Then, once you do find where it went I suggest you create a known location to store it (I.e., "My Documents/Passwords" or something you are sure to remember) and move the file to that known location. Then ask Gorilla to open the file by navigating to that location and choosing the file, after which Gorilla should remember the location. You will want to explicitly exit Gorilla at least once after you do open the file to be sure it has saved its state data that it uses to remember where you last saved/opened a passwords file from.
ajcamp
Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before but the search doesn't find the thread.
I created a password database using all defaults but I can't locate the database after reboot.
Where is the Gorilla password database located on Windows 7 Professional
I've opened and closed Gorilla a few times before rebooting, and it always opened the database, but after reboot, it didn't.
Thanks for any help