This tool has been available on the PTC/USER forum for some time but the installation package didn't make it during the migration of data to the PTC Community.
The discussion from the PTC/USER forum was included in the migration and can be found here: Windchill Cache Recovery Tool.
My apologies for the delay in responding. In answer to your questions and others:
Ashok kumar: The tool examines all "lid" files you select and attempts to determine the Creo file type, including drawings. After examining each file, the file type (PART, ASSEMBLY, DRAWING, etc.) is listed in the display. If the tool cannot determine the file type, that field is left blank. The user guide (included in the installation -- see your Start menu for a shortcut to the guide) has several screen captures that show examples of a recovery session. If no drawings were recovered, I can only assume none of the lid files were of drawings. Make sure you are collecting the lid files from the correct cache location.
Pardeep Singh: Yes, it will work with Windchill 10.2 cache files. And currently it only recovers PTC Pro/E and Creo files -- no third party files at this time.
What is the trick for getting this to install on Windows 7? It has a dependency for .net 2.0 which is not installable, as the dependency is supposed to be fulfilled by .net 3.5.
If I just install the .msi directly will it skip the detection, and just rely on the already installed 3.5.1?
Let me check my installer setup. I thought I changed the .NET dependency with the last release. Odd that it wouldn't have detected your 3.5 and accepted that. Of course, the next question becomes, what version of .NET should I target? The current is 4.6.2.
Ron, I'm a big fan of your tool. Used it a lot for our Creo users.
We do have SolidWorks users that use the Unified Workgroup Manager and manage their files in Windchill beside our regular Creo users. Do you think it would be possible to add recovery for SolidWorks LID files as well?
The UWGM does not provide any "Frame" functionality and the fact that we see corrupted SolidWorks workspaces a lot would make it a great benefit...