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Document Recovery of Unsaved Files in Word 2010


I have an issue when you are closing an unsaved file and trying to recover a .asd file in unsaved files. When you make a change to an existing document and close without saving the .asd file should show up 2 places instead of navigating to one. When I go to Manage Versions and Recover Unsaved Documents nothing is displayed in the screenshot above. How do I make sure .asd files get displayed here and not navigate tot he Roaming Word Folder?
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The AutoRecover file location and the UnsavedFiles folders serve different purposes.  The AutoRecover file location is from where Word will retrieve the last auto-saved version of a file in the event of an abnormal exit from the application.  The Unsaved Files folder is save you from your self in the case of files that you close and deliberately do not save.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
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Last updated April 11, 2022 Views 11,243 Applies to: