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How can I find Auto Recovery documents I didn't save yet?
Had a document sitting open, hadn't saved it yet and left my comp running
over night. At 3 in the morning my automatic update kicked in (stupid of me, I know...) and shut down my comp. I can't find the recovery file now... |
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How can I find Auto Recovery documents I didn't save yet?
If you turned on Word and it didn't automatically open that file for you,
it's probably gone. Word of advice: If a file is important to you, save it before you go to bed. I often leave a document open myself - but it's saved before I call it quits for the night just in case. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Strayling" wrote in message ... Had a document sitting open, hadn't saved it yet and left my comp running over night. At 3 in the morning my automatic update kicked in (stupid of me, I know...) and shut down my comp. I can't find the recovery file now... |
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How can I find Auto Recovery documents I didn't save yet?
From general reports it would appear that Automatic Updates quite cavalierly
shuts down Word, telling it not to bother to save any open documents. Since this is an orderly shutdown, AutoRecovery backups are deleted. Knowing this, you can make two decisions: as JoAnn says, never leave an unsaved document open when you leave the computer, and (if you have any say in the matter) put Automatic Updates on "notify" instead of full auto. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Strayling" wrote in message ... Had a document sitting open, hadn't saved it yet and left my comp running over night. At 3 in the morning my automatic update kicked in (stupid of me, I know...) and shut down my comp. I can't find the recovery file now... |
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