Its possible that file didnt get 'saved' via auto recover at all for whatever reason. Best thing to do is manually check the proper places for them. This is possible and happens with relatively often. I speculated that maybe the ASD file was created, just not presented in the Excel 'Recovered Documents' interface.just a guess.

To start figuring out why a program crashes, eventvwr is a good place to start. It should not be relied upon or considered an alternative to proper saving, backups, file storage, etc. It is far from a 100% and is by no means a 'fail safe'. so not everything can be done in a snap, and my responses may not jive.not because I disagree, but because it may just be our reality which may differ from your own.Īs your likely aware Autorecover is a chance, a 'hail marry' if you will, at recovering a document in the event of crashes. Keep in mind, our time and assignment on tasks is at the whim of non-technical management. I appreciate any advice that can be offered. we're trying to recover essentially in memory, unsaved data here.backups will only back up saved files, not the unsaved info.Īre there any answers to this? What is everyone else doing? Is there something other than Microsoft's AutoRecover feature that can be implemented? I've also offered up the possibility of using 'Previous Versions' on maybe workstation or file server directories or both.Īlso, my understanding is that any 'backup' at any interval is moot because. I've explained up and down how vague and black box this whole process is and that we have no control over it. Is there an alternative to achieve the same results?.Why did the 4th spreadsheet *not* recover (read, present point and click options for recovery)?.We know it wasn't a BSOD or other 'power down/restart' type of crash.just the application.We've been tasked with figuring out 2 things: The nature of the crash is unknown because the end-user's description is vague and unfamiliar with anything IT. 3 of the 4 spreadsheets offer up a 'recovered' document that gets their work back from ~1 minute ago from the crash itself.

**Example scenario in question:**User opens 4 Excel spreadsheets of varying complexity. Executive management made sure we set the AutoRecover interval for Word, Excel, & Powerpoint to 1 minute.and so we've verified all systems have this interval set, and it works with a spot check of about 25 systems.There is no plan to move to Office 365 any time soon, so AutoSave won't be available (I'm assuming). I have saved the files I need- Select this option if you are sure you don't need the data in the recovered versions of the files.We have AutoRecover configured on Word, Excel, & Powerpoint for all end-user workstations, running a combination of Wind& 1809, all using Office 2016. Yes, I want to view these files later (safest option) - Select this option if you are not sure whether you need the data in the recovered versions of the files. The next time you open the application you'll have the option to save or remove those autorecover files. If you click Close without reviewing all recovered files, you'll see an option to view them again later. Select the arrow next to the file name in the recovery pane. You can also select each file to open and review the document.Īfter opening any file in the list, you can continue working in it, and you can close the Document Recovery pane when you've recovered all documents that you want to save. If you see multiple versions of the same file, you'll probably want to open the one with the most recent time because it will have the most recent changes. If you see multiple files in the Available Files list on the Document Recovery pane and aren't sure which ones to save, the date and creation time of any automatically saved document appears under the document name and may give you a clue about which file you want to recover.

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