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Now you should see the Microsoft Word Backup Document, or. To show all available documents, select All Files (.) from the drop-down list to the right of the File name edit box. I'm not sure what happened in your case, because whenever you modify a document and go to close it, Word usually asks if you want to save or not.Īlso, it is unknown as to whether the documnet settings/permissions allow modification of the file. wbk and, by default, Word shows only Word documents. I use MSOffice 2007, so Autorecover files are located in the Appdata > Roaming > Microsoft > Word folder. The AppData folder is folder is a hidden folder to show hidden folders, open a Windows Explorer window and choose "Organize → Folder and Search Options → Folder Options → View (tab) → Show hidden files and folders".
#Where are ms word temp files stored series
User Account name > Appdata > Local > Temp.Īppdata folders are hidden files and folders, so if performing a search on computer you need to include hidden files or make hidden files and folders visible to manually search the directory. AutoRecover is a feature of Microsoft Word series helping users to save the files automatically when working (editing or modifying) on a Word document. On my computer (Vista), when I open an email attachment, a copy is stored in : If a eg:crash occurs then it may be stored by the AutoRecovery settings.

It also creates another word tmp file which will disappear after closing or saving. Word displays the File Locations dialog box. Scroll through the list of options until you see the General section. When you opened the attachment to read modify etc, it opened using eg: MSWord, so your computer would have created a temporary file just to open and display the attached document. In Word 2010 or a later version display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) Click Advanced at the left side of the dialog box. Any way here is some info which might be useful. I can see how you thought it might be the right place to ask as the document was originally received as an email attachment. Please note that this is a Thunderbird forum and you are asking a question about MSWord and whether it has performed an auto save on an opened document on your computer
