Unless Word encounters a crash condition the autorecovery files are closed
with the document. If Word crashes, the ASD file is used to rebuild the
document to the last save of the autorecovery file.
If you have old ASD files stored then they are orphaned from a previous Word
session and not related to the most recent document. If the files are not
corrupt, you can open them by right clicking from Windows Explorer and
selecting Open With ... You will get a message giving you the option to open
with a program from a list. From that list pick Winword.exe.
Note there is no autosave in Word. It only saves recovery information. See
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm
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