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How does word autorecovery work?
Hello, thank you for using Howly.
What version of Word do you have?
I think microsoft 365
You want to learn about the process of autorecovery, or do you have some issues that you want to fix?
i wanted to learn about the process. basically my word crashed and didn't save the latest version. I had to auto recover
how does the mechanics work?
When Word starts, it searches for AutoRecover files. If any recovered files are found, Word opens them by having a Message Bar. Did you get this Message Bar?
i did
but shouldn't autosave save the file automatically? i lost like 30-45 minutes of work
By default, AutoRecovery will save your document every 10 minutes; however, you do have the option to change the frequency it saves. For Windows Users: Go to File – Options – Save. Make sure the AutoRecover box is checked to ensure it is turned on for all your documents.
so is autorecovery different from saving the file?
AutoRecover or AutoSave does not replace the Save command. You should use the Save command to save your document at regular intervals and when you finish working on it.
so if my computer crashes and i reopen the document, it's possible that the last version actually saved was from 30-45 minutes ago?
i would have to autorecover it to get the latest?
It depends on the intervals that you specified. Have you looked them up in the options?
what intervals would cause this situation?
Yes, Autorecover has the latest saved changes in your situation.
i do not have the "keep last Autorecovered version if I close without saving" checked
what does that mean?
It means that when you open your document after it was closed abruptly, not all the changes may be saved.
but i would still be able to auto recover? I have the save autorecover information every 5 minutes
Please, tick the option to keep the last Autorecovered version if I close without saving it.
i will
but in this case
what happens if i have save auto recover every 5 minutes ticked but not keep last autorecovered version if i close without saving
Then you will be greeted with a message if you want to resume from your AutoRecover file, or from your last manually saved file.
By the way, your AutoRecover files should be stored there: C:UsersuserAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWord
ok so am i correct in understanding what happened to me? i saved a file 45 minutes ago and continued working. then, my computer crashed and i didn't save it
then i reopened the file and it didn't update to the autorecovered version
that was because the keep last autorecovered version if i close without saving was not ticked
When you reopened the file, did you see the option to open the AutoRecover file?
so then i had to click the autorecover message box
yeah i clicked manage document > recover unsaved documents
Yes, it would have loaded the latest changes that were saved.
i see
so basically my issue was i didn't click keep last autorecovered version if i close without saving
if i had that it would be more likely that the file would have saved the latest before it crashed
I think that the issue was that after you opened the file again, you did not choose to open the AutoRecover file.
You loaded the manually saved file instead.
oh so what difference if i did not tick the box for "keep last autorecovered version if i save without closing"
I believe it means that the AutoRecover version will be loaded by default after you reopen the file.
as in it would save as the latest auto recover version? or it would still show up as a message box
It should load the latest version without the message box.
Can you, please, access this folder: C:UsersuserAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWord and let me know if you have some files there. Maybe there are your recovery files.
it's not showing up as a file location
for me
Okay, try this: C:UsersuserAppDataRoamingMicrosoft
that one didn't work either
C:UsersuserAppDataRoamingMicrosoft but instead of user, try using the name of your local account on your PC.
hmm that didn't work either but helpful
i was able to recover the file with the autorecover
but i wanted to understand why this happened
Do you mean, why it did not recover it the first time?
yeah
That's because when you saw the pop-up message, you did not choose to recover it from the AutoRecover. Instead it loaded your latest manual save, not the auto-save.
ok thank you!
Do you have any additional questions I can help you with?
that's all
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