Re: Recovery of Excel files

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Hi John,

I use Excel 2003 and my AutoRecover is also set to 10 minutes. The
only time the following procedure has worked for me, is when I've
actually had a "crash" during the active use of the Excel program, and
not due to accidentally deleting or closing a file before I had saved
its changes. I'm not sure the following would work for you in your
situation, but maybe it's worth a try? (These procedures are in the MS
Help section, but again, they only worked for me when I had an actual
'crash' - power failure). If I've accidentally deleted a file, I
recover it through my recycle bin on the desktop.

Best of luck to you!
Karen

Recover files

If the Microsoft Office or Office family program you are using is not
responding, recover the program.

On the Microsoft Windows Start menu, point to Programs, point to
Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Application
Recovery.

In the Application list, click the program or document that is not
responding.
Do one of the following:

To attempt to recover the files you were working on, click Recover
Application or Restart Application.

If you just want to close the program, and lose recent changes to the
files, click End Application

OR:

Open the Office or Office family program.

Review the files listed in the Document Recovery task pane (task pane:
A window within an Office application that provides commonly used
commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands
while still working on your files.), and decide which to keep.

If a file has [Recovered] in the title it is usually a file that
contains more recent changes than a file with [Original] in the title.

If you want to view what repairs were made to a file, point to the file
in the Document Recovery task pane, click the arrow next to the file's
name, and then click Show Repairs.

If you want to review the versions that were recovered, open all of the
versions and save the best one.

For each file you want to keep, point to the file in the Document
Recovery task pane, click the arrow next to the file's name, and then
do one of the following:

To work with the file, click Open.

To save the file, click Save As, and then enter a name for the file. By
default, the file is saved in the same folder as the original file. If
you use the same name as the original file, the original is
overwritten. When you see a message asking whether you want to replace
the existing file (with the changes you made up to the last time you
saved the file), click Yes.
When you have opened or saved all of the files you want to keep, click
Close in the Document Recovery task pane.

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