What Is a DXR File & How to Recover Deleted DXR Files?

How to recover deleted DXR files? If you are looking for effective ways to recover the DXR files, you have come to the right place. In this post, Partition Magic offers 2 methods on how to recover deleted DXR files.

What Is a DXR File?

A DXR file with the .dxr extension originated from the Adobe Shockwave software, which allowed users to access 3D games, interactive product demonstrations, and online education systems. DXR files are protected movie, animation, or game files created using Macromedia Director (now known as Adobe Director).

The DXR file format is a file type used to distribute protected movies. The content in a DXR file is not compressed, and you cannot edit such content, so the movie plays faster than Shockwave content. Also, since these files are not compressed, the DXR file format is the first choice for people when they do not have disk space restrictions.

How to open DXR files? You need a suitable DXR player, such as Adobe Director. If you have this software installed on your computer, follow these steps:

Double-click the DXR file. You may receive a question like this: “How do you want to open this file?”
Select Adobe Director software from the list of applications. Then your DXR file will appear on the screen.

Also, if you don’t see the issue, double-click or right-click the DXR file and click Open With. Then select Director to open it.

How to Recover Deleted DXR Files?

Accidentally losing DXR files is very frustrating because your DXR files may contain necessary videos. Fortunately, this post offers you 2 useful ways to help you do the DXR file recovery on Windows. You can have a try.

Method 1. Use Recycle Bin

If you deleted the DXR files accidentally on your computer, you can try to recover deleted DXR file from Recycle Bin. Here’s the guide:

Double-click on the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop to open it.
Select the deleted DXR files from the list in the Recycle Bin window.
Right-click on the DXR file and choose Restore from the context menu.
After that, deleted DXR files will be restored to their previously saved path.

Also read: How to Recover Deleted Files from Recycle Bin? Learn from Here!

Method 2. Use MiniTool Partition Wizard

There is a professional data recovery program – MiniTool Partition Wizard for you. It can help you get back your lost data if the data is lost due to accidental deletion, quick format, or malware infection.

With MiniTool Partition Wizard, you can recover lost data from SD cards, USB drives, hard disks, XQD cards, TF cards, etc.

In addition, it is an all-in-one partition manager that allows you to perform various operations related to disks/partitions. For example, it can help you create/format/resize/move/extend/delete/recover partitions, partition hard drives, migrate OS to SSD/HD, clone a hard drive, rebuild MBR, format USB to FAT32, etc.

Now, let’s learn how to recover deleted DXR files using MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Step 1: Download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard on your PC, and then launch this software to enter its main interface.

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Step 2: Click on Data Recovery on the top toolbar to continue. If the specific location of the data loss problem is clear, right-click the corresponding hard drive/partition and select Data Recovery from the context menu to directly get the scanning interface.

click Data Recovery in MiniTool Partition Wizard

Step 3: In the next screen, select the partition that contains all DXR files, and then click the Scan button to start scanning.

Step 4: Wait until the scanning process is completed. You can use the Filter, Path, and Type features to quickly find the DXR files you want to recover. Then, view the scanning result, select the deleted MDT file you want to recover, and click the Save button.

recover deleted DXR file with MiniTool Partition Wizard

Tips:

Before the data is saved, you can use the Preview feature to preview the file. It supports previewing many file types, such as audio, video, documents, etc. But note that the file can’t exceed 100 MB.

Step 5: In the pop-up window, choose a safe location to store the selected files, and then click OK to confirm. Don’t save the recovered DXR files on the partition where you stored DXR files before. Otherwise, the deleted/lost data could be overwritten.

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Tips:

To avoid the loss of DXR files again, you'd better back them up regularly to another location. You can use a third-party Windows backup utility - MiniTool ShadowMaker to back up the data.

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Bottom Line

What is a DXR file? How to open DXR files? How to recover deleted DXR files? Now, you may already know the answers. This article provides some methods to help you do the DXR file recovery. You can try these ways one by one until you get the deleted DXR files back.

In addition, if you encounter certain issues while using MiniTool Partition Wizard, you can send us an email via [email protected] to get a quick reply.

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