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
    2018-05-17T18:49:59+00:00

    OK, I have this issue, too. A file saved in OneDrive through my work's 365 subscription. OneDrive app installed and working correctly. MS Excel 2016 also installed latest version through Office 365. Three hours of work lost with no autosave files to be seen, including in the standard folder.

    This is a serious issue, Microsoft. I feel like I have gone back to 1997; please take very seriously. It is clearly still a recurring issue as of May 2018.

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