How To Change Where Word 2016 For Mac Saves Autorecover

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How to open Auto Recover file location to recover the lost word document?

The feature of AutoRecover will automatically save your working document in every specified minute, if you have enabled this feature in your Word. How to quickly access the AutoRecover file location when you need to recover the lost document in Word? This tutorial will introduce two methods to open the AutoRecover file location to recover the lost word document.

Auto Save option in word 2016. Sometimes we might close the edited word document without saving it. A system crash may occur that cause us to force the document to close. Due to this, we lost the content. MS Word has a nice feature called AUTOSAVE; It will save the content in your file directory over an interval we specified. These are your Word autosave files. A window will open displaying all the unsaved documents for the at present logged on person. I opened an excel spreadsheet that was an e-mail attachment and started engaged on it. Although I Saved typically, I now cannot find the completed doc. I did not Save As during the work, I solely Saved. It gets worse: Although you can easily turn off the new AutoSave feature by clicking the little toggle in the upper-left corner of the screen, that turns it off only for the current document. Hi, Please do the following steps to change where to automatically save files. 1.On the Word menu, click Preferences. 2.Under Personal Settings, click File Locations. 3.Under File locations, click AutoRecover files, and then click Modify. 4.Find the location where you want to automatically save files, and then click Choose.

Open Auto Recover file location to recover the lost word document in Word Options

This method will guild you to find out the Auto Recover file location from Word Options, and then recover files with the Auto Recover file location easily in Word.

1. Click File > Options to open the Word Options dialog box.

2. In the opening Word Options dialog box, please click Save in left bar, copy the folder path from the Auto Recover file location box, and then close the Word Options. See screenshot:

3. Go ahead to click File > Open >Browse.

4. In the Open dialog box, please (1) press Ctrl + V keys together to paste the AutoRecover file location into the Address box, and press Enter key; (2) select All Files from the drop down list right to the File name box, and then (3) double click to open the specified folder that probably contains recovered file. See screenshot:

5. In the opening AutoRecover file folder, please select the specified ASD file of lost word document, and click the Open button. See screenshot:
Notes:
(1) If the document is new and never been saved, the file name will be something like “AutoRecovery save of Document 1.asd';
(2) If the document was already manually saved, but you lost intervening work between saves, it will have the name of the saved document (e.g, “Autocovery save of Remove indents.asd“).

Open AutoRecover file location to recover the lost word document with Kutools for Word

The method above requires a few steps to open AutoRecover file location to recover the lost word document, but with Kutools for Word, you can open the AutoRecover file location to recover the lost word document easily and quickly.

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1. Open the recovery location by clicking Kutools > More > Auto Recovery Location. See screenshot:

2. Now the Recoverylocation is opening. Please double click to open the AutoRecover folder that probably contains lost file, and then in the subfolder double click to open the the specified ASD file of lost word document. See screenshot:

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I still cannot find auto recovery under save docs
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  Do you mean there is no files under the AutoRecover folder? Actually, if you Word document is closed by accident without saving, you will get the recovery version in the Document Recovery pane, when you open the document next time.
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Thank you so much, You saved my working
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Thank you so much. Hours of work almost lost.
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You saved my life and my job, literally.
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Thanks! You has save me three hours of work/life. :-*
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Thank you, after reading other suggestions which didn't work and were difficult to follow, this one did the trick, it was easy to comprehend and apply. It allowed me to recover 2 hours of hard work!!!
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Hi, i have a corrupt .doc file that i can not repair. A friend recommended me WordFIX but i don't know anything about the software. What do you think? What software should I use?
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Thank you sooo much, for helping me recover my work.
Windows 8.1 installed itself overnight, without my permission, and despite me having the 'let me choose whether to install updates' setting on.
I came down this morning to find several days work gone and I was so mad at Microsoft I nearly through my laptop out the window!
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auto recover file location not available how can find it
how can i recover it
excel file suddenly closed and it not shoe recover option but recover is enable only how can i find the recover file
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My battery died before I could save my document. When booting up, MS ran updated. I opened the autorecovery folder, NOTHING. No files there. Auto recover was ON and marked to happen every 10 min before I started with the document. Please assist
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Thank you!! It worked!!!
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I was using an old document and typing over it. I had been using it for hours, when the laptop decided it needed to do a restart. The old document opened but all the over typing I had done was not saved. This has not worked for me.
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OMG! You're a LIFE-SAVER!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
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And let me add... when you do get to the autorecovery location, it may help to organize files by date, with the newest first... that way, the file you're looking for will probably be the first on the list... Just a tip.
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Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks... you helped me save 12 pages of work! You're a genius!!!!!
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Thanks... worked like a charm. Almost lost a days worth of work!
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it worked!!!!! thank you so much tried many other options that didn't work.
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thanks man you saved 2hours of my work
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Please help I searched for my .asd but it is showing to be 0 bytes and after opening its blank,i am not able to recove my changed contents of document,please help
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thanks! it took a while, but was totally worth it.
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hi
when I follow your guide my recovery filr does not open with word !! what can I do ?
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  If Word won't recover the autosaved file, do this:
  1. Make a copy of the .asd file
  2. Rename the file and change .asd to .doc
  (If a dialogue box appears, warning that changing a filename extension might cause the file to become unusable, and you are asked if you are sure you want to change it, click 'Yes')
  3. Open the file with Word and save it with a more meaningful filename.
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Thank you for this information! Thought I had lost the auto-recovered doc, and nearly had a heart attack. Bless you.
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thank you very fucking much!!! you saved my 3 hours of hard work.
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THANK YOU!
Just saved 2 hours of work. I have no idea what happen Kernel Recovery for Word Tool to restore damage Word file which is resolve all corruption problem of Word file.
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Hi. I'm having problem about one file that I made.
My desktop restarted all of a sudden so when I opened it again, along the left side of the word 2007 window was the autorecovery files. I clicked on it and saved the file.
So I continued my work and finished it and clicked save. When I tried to open it, it's not even in the folder where I had it saved.
I tried doing the word options trick but I still can't find it. I tried to search .asd files and found it but it says it has been moved. Now I have no idea where to find it.
Any suggestions? Thanks
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Super thaaaaank you! :-)
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Thank You
Your explanation was simple and effective.
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Thanks you very much..I had almost panic'ed...
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Just what I needed! Thank you soo much.
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Thank you very much.
I had spent a couple hrs on-line try to find a way to locate my missed files, and your article really help.
Thanks.
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thanks a lot for the information :) it is very useful :D
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Bless you!! Oh my god I nearly freaked out and other tutorials weren't helping. I liked that you've actually advised to look at where your specific computer saves its unsaved files. So so grateful right now! Thank you

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Microsoft Word allows you to make an automaticbackup of your working document. If the program crashes or yourcomputer accidentally loses power, the AutoRecover feature willattempt to load the most up-to-date version of your document.

Note: AutoRecover is not a replacement for savingyour document frequently, which is the only guaranteed way ofretaining a valid copy of your work.

Enabling and using AutoRecover
Changing the defaultAutoRecover folder

Enabling and using AutoRecover

To turn on the AutoRecover feature:

In Word 2010, from the File menu, selectOptions. Then, from the toolbar on the left, clickSave to configure AutoRecover options. Proceed to step 3below.
In Word 2007, from the Office Button menu, selectWord Options. Then, from the toolbar on the left, clickSave to configure AutoRecover options.
In Word 2003, from the Tools menu, selectOptions....
In Mac OS X versions of Word, from theWord menu, select Preferences....
In the window that opens, click the Save tab, icon, orlist item.
If it is unchecked, check Save AutoRecover infoevery:, and type a value next to 'minutes'. For example, tosave your work every five minutes, type 5.
Click OK to make the change.

If a system or program crash causes your computer to shut down, reboot and open Word normally. Word should recognize that there is anAutoRecovered file that is newer than the last saved version of yourdocument. It will prompt you to open and save the AutoRecovered file.

If the AutoRecover function does not prompt you to open the backupfile, you may still be able to recover your work. Search your harddrive for a file called AutoRecovery or*.asd. In Windows, for help searching your hard drive,see ARCHIVED: In Windows, how do I locate a file if I know itsname or its contents? Then follow the appropriate instructions below.

Finding AutoRecovered files in Windows

How To Change Where Word 2016 For Mac Saves Autorecover Free

Note: The folders containing the AutoRecoveredfiles may not be visible. To make them visible, see ARCHIVED: In Windows, how do I view hidden files?

Word for Windows saves AutoRecovered files with the nameAutoRecovery Save of filename.asd, wherefilename is the name of the document on which you wereworking:

In Windows 7 and Vista, the file is storedin the UsersusernameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWordfolder (username will be replaced by the author'susername).
In Windows XP, the file is stored in theDocuments and SettingsusernameApplicationDataMicrosoftWord folder (username will bereplaced by the author's username).

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When you find the file, double-click to open it. Alternatively, fromWord's File menu, choose Open... and browse tothe location of the file.

Finding AutoRecovered files in Mac OS X

Word for Mac OS X saves the AutoRecovered file as AutoRecoversave of filename, where filename is the name ofthe document on which you were working. The default AutoRecoverlocation is:

Replace username with the short name of your account inMac OS X, Office version with the version of Office youhave, and filename with the name of the document. Ifit's not there, try searching for it with Spotlight, which you canaccess from the magnifying glass icon in the top right of theFinder menu bar. Once you find the file, drag it to theDesktop. Double-click it, or, from Word's File menu, chooseOpen... to browse to and open the file.

Changing the default AutoRecover folder

To change the folder in which AutoRecovered files are stored:

Word 2010 and 2007

In Word 2010, from the File menu, chooseOptions.
In Word 2007, from the Office Button menu, selectWord Options.
From the toolbar on the left, click Save, which willpresent you with options to customize how documents are saved.
Next to AutoRecover file location:, clickBrowse to choose the folder where you want Word to save yourAutoRecovered files.
Click OK.

Other versions of Word

How To Change Where Word 2016 For Mac Saves Autorecover 2017

In Word 2003, from the Tools menu, selectOptions.... In Mac OS X versions of Word, from theWord menu, select Preferences....
In the window that opens, click File Locations.
Under 'File types', choose AutoRecover files and clickModify....
Choose the folder where you want Word to save your AutoRecoveredfiles. Click OK orChoose.
Click Close or OK.