# Help with Macromedia Flash **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [October 12, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-macromedia-flash/241337 "2007-10-12T10:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Houzi888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f475e1/32.png) [@Houzi888](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Houzi888)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-macromedia-flash/241337/1 "2007-10-12T10:02:02Z")
Ok, this is my story. I was making a flash animation of “Metroid Sprites” and it took from from 12am-4am in the morning without saving. Then I was like, “Oh crap I should save”. So I go ahead and save it to my desktop. There no problem, right? WRONG, I then clicked after I saved, “Save and Compact”. Now I have no clue why I clicked that Idk, I don’t even remember I was in such a daze. I then couldn’t see all my keyframes and animations. So I sat there and cried (not really). I had no idea how to see my flash ever Again. I am so depressed because I sat there and did all of that work for nothing. Now on the side of the flash when I try to open it they have all my images in the library. BUT THAT’S IT. Original Flash with all my hundreds of keyframes just GONE. Idk what to do. When I pressed save and compress it also saved a .swf of my file. But that might have been from me trying to fix it. I hope one of you guys can help me with my problem because I really REALLY wish there is a way to get my flash back up and running. I MISS IT :’( :\*(