Recovery of unsaved files

[sanamex]

Does anyone know how to recover a file that I created in
excel but never saved? I created a spread sheet but never
saved or named the spreadsheet, then closed excel
accidently. I tried going to where is says it auto saved
but because I didn't ever save or name the file it can't
find it even in the temp file. There must be a way to
recover--help please

 

[Grinder]

Does anyone know how to recover a file that I created in
excel but never saved? I created a spread sheet but never
saved or named the spreadsheet, then closed excel
accidently. I tried going to where is says it auto saved
but because I didn't ever save or name the file it can't
find it even in the temp file. There must be a way to
recover--help please

It it truly has never been saved, you are out of luck. It would have only
existed in memory, which was discarded when you quit Excel. Sorry.

 

[Guest]

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It it truly has never been saved, you are out of luck. It would have only
existed in memory, which was discarded when you quit Excel. Sorry.


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It was saved to some degree since I had auto recovery

on. I tried to find the temp file but it wasn't there. It
must still be in cache or temp somewhere no??

 

[Grinder]

on. I tried to find the temp file but it wasn't there. It
must still be in cache or temp somewhere no??

I could be wrong, but I don't think AutoSave will make up a filename. So,
if you've not provided one, I can't see that AutoSave makes any difference
here.

It is possible, I suppose that some version of your spreadsheet is in a temp
file. Grab any *.tmp files that appear contemporaneous -- perhaps they're
actually *.xls files. I don't put a lot of confidence in this approach, but
see no alternative.

 

[Plato]

Does anyone know how to recover a file that I created in
excel but never saved? I created a spread sheet but never

Check your windows temp folder, it may be there.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Suggestions and good luck:

Recover and Restore Deleted Files (Line 36)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

File Saver Pro - Recover Deleted Files
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util