.Bak File

[brokekidjd]

I created a nice beat and having been working and editing for a while. When I got on it today a message popped up saying that it can't be open due to an error. There was also a file ending .Bak. i read from another post that by changing the name of it, it will reopen from the last save. but the file only shows in lmms and not in my File explorer. I've tried everything to fix it, but noting seems to work.

[musikbear]

First off, Welcome to the Forum brokekidjd !
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today a message popped up saying that it can't be open due to an error.

Because of a VST problem?
That is solved easily :
https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=Wo ... d_problems

There was also a file ending .Bak. i read from another post that by changing the name of it, it will reopen from the last save.

Well no, that is the Recover.<extOfYourChoice>
Read about the differences amd how to recover:
https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=Ge ... 6_Recovery

but the file only shows in lmms and not in my File explorer.

The file <YourProject>.BAK will be saved in the same directory as your projects. You will only see the .BAK extention, if you have enabled extensions in your windows-preference-setup, so it it not shown you need to change your folder-settings in Windows.