Excel crashed while working

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Ray

I was working on a file in Excel and it generated an
error and closed. The file was not saved. I was
wondering if it saved a copy somehow on my pc? If it did
does any body know where it would save it to.

Thanks, need help quick please.
 
Dear Ray:
In Excel 97-- If the workbook was unnamed and you had
your "Auto Save" feature enabled it might appear in
the "My Documents" "Auto Save" folder.
 
And what about if you were working on a file and you
closed and did not say yes to save. The auto save option
was also selected, will it still be in the "Auto Save"
folder?
 
Ray said:
I was working on a file in Excel and it generated an
error and closed. The file was not saved. I was
wondering if it saved a copy somehow on my pc? If it did
does any body know where it would save it to.

Thanks, need help quick please.
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Check the default folder for any file with a string of numbers, no
extension, and perhaps starting with ~, i.e., ~c0987b4568 or something
similar. Try double-clicking that file, and see if it opens to the
sheet. The temporary working files often look like this, and if Excel
crashed, it might not have cleaned it up.

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