Autosave not working - no files are there

Anonymous
2014-01-12T05:27:19+00:00

I use autosave and have it set for every time minutes. I had a workbook open and was inputting data for many hours. I saw the taskbar show it autosave many, many times until it crashed. When I reopened excel, it reverted back to the last user saved version which was several hours old. I searched for the autorecover files, but they are the same old file. When I tried opening one, I get the error that happeend when it crashed - it says 'Excel cannot complete the task with available resources. Choose less data or close other application" (this was the error when it crashed in the first place)

I have plenty or memory available on my computer

I really need this fixed. Autosave does me no good if I can't recover my files.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-01T15:43:18+00:00

    I'm still using Office 2013, so it might not work the same way, but refer to my posts of Oct. 27 and Nov. 15 2017. You might find files in one of the referenced locations even if they are not visible via Excel (or Word).

    I found that I still sometimes have to hunt for autosave/autorecover documents in several different places. Other times, they show up in Backstage view or in the recovery panel. I haven't had time to figure out what the pattern is.

    Good luck!

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