PowerPoint tem file recovery help

Dear Maria,

Unfortunately, as a forum moderator, I am not able to inspect your device or your SharePoint site to locate the missing file directly. My role here is limited to general guidance you can apply from your side. There are four places where a copy of your work could still exist, so it is worth checking each one in turn.

1.AutoRecover

The first place to look is AutoRecover. In PowerPoint, go to File > Info > Manage Presentation > Recover Unsaved Presentations and open every candidate from around the time of the failed save. If one contains the missing slides, use Save As immediately to store it locally under a new name. Since you already checked AppData\Roaming, confirm the exact path under File > Options > Save, as the location can be changed from the default.

For reference: Recover your PowerPoint files | Microsoft Support

2.Temporary files

If nothing turns up there, temporary files are the next place worth checking. Press Windows + R, enter: %temp%

Then:

1. Sort by Date modified.
2. Look for recent .pptx, .ppt, or .tmp files.
3. Copy promising files to the Desktop before opening them.
4. For a copied .tmp file, rename the copy so it ends in .pptx, then try opening it in PowerPoint.
5. Also search File Explorer for: *.pptx and *.tmp
6. Limit the search to files modified on the date and approximate time of the failed save. Temporary files may use unrelated names, so the timestamp is more useful than the filename.

3.Office file cache

Because the presentation was opened from Teams, check whether a local copy exists under:

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Office\16.0\OfficeFileCache

Do not edit or delete anything directly in that folder. Copy any recently modified candidate to another folder first, give the copy a .pptx extension if necessary, and then test it in PowerPoint. While you are looking, also check Downloads, Documents, your OneDrive synced folder, the Windows recent files list, and File > Open > Recent.

4.Version history

Finally, it is worth opening version history from SharePoint rather than Teams. In Teams, open the channel or chat containing the file, select Open in SharePoint, find the presentation, then open Version history and review every version created near your editing session.

I do want to be straight with you about expectations. Version history only holds versions that uploaded successfully, so if the saves kept failing, those four slides may exist only in local recovery or cache data. AutoRecover is designed for crashes and unexpected shutdowns, which means that if PowerPoint closed normally after the failed saves, there is a real chance no recoverable copy was written.

These locations are the full extent of what can be checked from your side, so if nothing turns up in any of them, the work is unlikely to be recoverable. I hope one of them comes through for you. Looking forward to your reply.

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