Hi,
I rely a lot on the ‘recover documents’ feature - the machine that I use gets rebooted from time to time and I just load everything again (nothing really important, don’t care if it fails but I always have like 8-10 editor windows).
Would it be possible to apply the Windows ‘Auto-Open’ settings for the recovery? I have to open session and schema browser manually for every connection like this.
Regards,
That's not a bad idea, but what you are describing sounds a lot like an auto-save workspace.
I have a change planned for 2026R1 where, if you are using workspaces and have the auto-save option set, that your workspace will be saved before windows is shut down for an update (or any other reason). Currently, it only auto-saves when Toad is shutdown normally (or when you switch to a different workspace). So that could eliminate your reliance on the recover documents feature, and at the same time reopen session/schema browser and whatever other windows you had open next time you open Toad.
Once I get these changes in place, give that a try and let me know if it solves your problem.
Sounds good! Never used workspaces before though, but looks like the way to go here.
Try this:
Open all the connections and windows for your normal work
Click here to create and name a workspace
Then go into Workspace Options
Now, when you shut down Toad and start it, it will pick up where you left off. There is no need to save Editor contents. They will be written to and restored from the workspace. If you want to shut down Toad without the "do you want to save" prompts from the Editor, use File -> Fast Exit instead of just clicking the red X to shutdown Toad.
As of now, this process will still lose work if Toad is still running when windows is shut down, but Toad 2026 will fix that.
Great, thanks! However, I depend on admins to update TOAD so a Beta version won’t work for me (except if they don’t expire). Are betas still expiring?
By the way, current beta is frozen now waiting for final release?
Yes, we've released the last beta before 25.3's official release (planned for Nov 10)
Betas still expire after 4 weeks, but we normally release them weekly.
Argh… I can’t ask them to prepare a install package for me every month. I’ll wait for final v26 release.
Besides implementing workspace fail-proof like Editor now, will you also apply Windows setting to Editor restore?
Regards,
Yeah, I guess we can do that. I've been avoiding the question because I've been thinking about why we don't do that already. I think the reason is that we'd need to be careful to not open any extra editors (incase that's one of your auto-open windows). I think it makes sense though, if we're making a new connection.
