We had a disastrous accident and deleted an Excel file permanently. We still
have eleven TMP files though in the same folder (with names like RT
ORDERS.xls~RFefb0e6.TMP), and I've retrieved an old archived version of the
original .xls file with records up to March last year.

Is there some way of using the TMP files to restore the data from the
deleted version of the .xls file?

These files aren't created by excel.

I'd bet that your antivirus program (AVG???) created them.

I have no idea how AVG creates them or what AVG puts in them, but you may want
to change the name to something.xls and see if they can be opened in excel.



TShirtPrintUK wrote:
>
> We had a disastrous accident and deleted an Excel file permanently. We still
> have eleven TMP files though in the same folder (with names like RT
> ORDERS.xls~RFefb0e6.TMP), and I've retrieved an old archived version of the
> original .xls file with records up to March last year.
>
> Is there some way of using the TMP files to restore the data from the
> deleted version of the .xls file?

--

Dave Peterson

I get files like that from time to time, and I'm not using AVG. I don't know
if they are the autorecover files Excel builds, or if little green men place
them there. I have on occasion deleted the characters after the .xls in the
file name and opened them in Excel. I seem to recall that they open fine,
but I can't tell you whether they are at all up to date or the answer to
your hopes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Dave Peterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> These files aren't created by excel.
>
> I'd bet that your antivirus program (AVG???) created them.
>
> I have no idea how AVG creates them or what AVG puts in them, but you may
> want
> to change the name to something.xls and see if they can be opened in
> excel.
>
>
>
> TShirtPrintUK wrote:
>>
>> We had a disastrous accident and deleted an Excel file permanently. We
>> still
>> have eleven TMP files though in the same folder (with names like RT
>> ORDERS.xls~RFefb0e6.TMP), and I've retrieved an old archived version of
>> the
>> original .xls file with records up to March last year.
>>
>> Is there some way of using the TMP files to restore the data from the
>> deleted version of the .xls file?
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson

I've seen some posts that say Panda Client Shield can leave this junk out there,
too.

And I've seen one person say, er, insist that excel does it. But I've never
seen this.

But I'm not sure I'd put my money on the little green men!

Jon Peltier wrote:
>
> I get files like that from time to time, and I'm not using AVG. I don't know
> if they are the autorecover files Excel builds, or if little green men place
> them there. I have on occasion deleted the characters after the .xls in the
> file name and opened them in Excel. I seem to recall that they open fine,
> but I can't tell you whether they are at all up to date or the answer to
> your hopes.
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
> Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
> _______
>
> "Dave Peterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > These files aren't created by excel.
> >
> > I'd bet that your antivirus program (AVG???) created them.
> >
> > I have no idea how AVG creates them or what AVG puts in them, but you may
> > want
> > to change the name to something.xls and see if they can be opened in
> > excel.
> >
> >
> >
> > TShirtPrintUK wrote:
> >>
> >> We had a disastrous accident and deleted an Excel file permanently. We
> >> still
> >> have eleven TMP files though in the same folder (with names like RT
> >> ORDERS.xls~RFefb0e6.TMP), and I've retrieved an old archived version of
> >> the
> >> original .xls file with records up to March last year.
> >>
> >> Is there some way of using the TMP files to restore the data from the
> >> deleted version of the .xls file?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

On Apr 2, 8:35 pm, TShirtPrintUK
<TShirtPrin...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> We had a disastrous accident anddeletedan Excel file permanently. We still
> have eleven TMPfilesthough in the same folder (with names like RT
> ORDERS.xls~RFefb0e6.TMP), and I've retrieved an old archived version of the
> original .xls file with records up to March last year.
>
> Is there some way of using the TMPfilesto restore the data from thedeletedversion of the .xls file?

You can try to recover deleted Excel file with Easy File Undelete:

http://www.munsoft.com/EasyFileUndelete/

It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software
either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.

On Apr 3, 12:35*am, TShirtPrintUK
<TShirtPrin...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> We had a disastrous accident and deleted anExcelfile permanently. *We still
> have eleven TMP files though in the same folder (with names like RT
> ORDERS.xls~RFefb0e6.TMP), and I've retrieved an old archived version of the
> original .xls file with records up to March last year.
>
> Is there some way of using the TMP files to restore the data from the
> deleted version of the .xls file?

Hi,

There is a tool called Advanced Excel Repair. I have used it to repair
many corrupt Excel xls files on my damaged disks successfully. Its
homepage is http://www.datanumen.com/aer/

Maybe you can have a try.

Alan