Lost file

I recorded to audicity. Then I edited, normalized, saved. I deleted the bak file. When I tried to open my edited file I received this message: Could not find the project data file. This has happened before. Can I retreve this file and what am I doing to cause this loss of file?

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http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32