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When I opened another word document, it asked me whether I wished to keep the autorecovered file (which I'd forgotten about), and I accidentally said "no." Realizing I still want it, I found the document in my recycle bin and clicked "restore," but now I can't find it anywhere. Please help!
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On the File tab, select Recent. At the bottom, click Recover Unsaved Documents. If your document is not listed there, then you're out of luck.
Do you remember the name of the file?
If yes, you may use the Windows search and check if you find the file in your computer.
Enable hidden files and folders using the link below before doing the search:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Show-hidden-files
For information related to Windows search you may refer to the link mentioned below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-search
Go in the recycle bin, and sort by most recently deleted. Should be somewhere in the top as an auto recovery file.
When I opened another word document, it asked me whether I wished to keep the autorecovered file (which I'd forgotten about), and I accidentally said "no." Realizing I still want it, I found the document in my recycle bin and clicked "restore," but now I can't find it anywhere. Please help!
Go to start tab
Click on file explorer
Check recent files
there will be your file by name: AutoRecovery save of ...................................... .asd
you won't be able to open this file directly as it is showing as unsupported file type
so go to path where it is saved as in my case it was in --> C:/User/Mehul/App data/roaming/microsoft/word
file can be opened but you won't able to use your file as it is read only and you shouldn't change property as it is only hope of your work
so save the file by save as option at different location in your computer
close all files
open saved file and do your work.
All the best!
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