Win XP: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\ Win 7: C:\Users\\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\ Generally the files are stored in the following locations: Temporary FileĪutoRecover will generate some temporary files, so where to find these temporary files is critical for the recovery after an accident.
During the timer works, if there is a manual arching event in advance, the timer will be cleared to stop the work. Suppose that I open the Excel and made a change, but I switched to the Google to browse the web, so the timer will stop working, and it will not automatically save the action even an hour later.Ĥ. The timer will work only if the Office is activated. In the contrary, if you don't have any new change in the document after the previous save, the timer will not be activated, and system will not be timed to save the file.ģ. If you modify the document after the previous save (including manual save or save automatically), system begin to start the timer and automatically save the actions at a specified time interval. If you create a blank document in Microsoft Word, you need to save the file in the hard disk before AutoRecover feature can be used.Ģ. Documents to be saved automatically must be at least once saved (that is, the file exists in the hard disk). Do you wonder how does AutoRecover feature in Office work? Here I will unravel the mystery of AutoRecover.ġ.
