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Where does Windows 10 store WordPad recovery files?

Hello,

I had multiple WordPad documents open yesterday which were unsaved. Opened my laptop today to see that Windows 10 had automatically updated and restarted in the meantime. Now in the past Windows would restore all unsaved WordPad documents as "document (recovered)" after an update but this time it only restored one document and multiple blank ones.

Question: where does Windows store/autosave WordPad documents to recover them in case of an update/crash? What file extensions do they have?

The answer to the first question is especially valuable since I want to use data recovery software to see if I can find something but don't know where to look. Have scoured half the internet but couldn't find information regarding the location.

If any additional infos are needed I'm happy to clarify.

Best,

Alicia

Hi JNGNL. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

See here all you can do to recover Wordpad files:
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/recover-wo...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Hi JNGNL. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

See here all you can do to recover Wordpad files:
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/recover-wo...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Hi Greg,

thank you for your quick answer.

Apologies, but this does not answer my question(s).

I have researched for 4 hours yesterday and have found and read through every link that can be found by a quick Google search.

I have found that WordPad documents which have already been saved can be found under AppData\Roaming as .asd or .tmp files but I can't seem to find where unsaved WordPad files are (temporarily?) stored.

My last resort would be to create a WordPad file, restart my system and see if I can find out where the recovered file is stored but I was really hoping someone could tell me, instead.

Thanks.

Best,

Alicia

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Hi Alicia -

See also these resources to try to find the missing Wordpad file, including another way to access the temporary files (.tmp) in the first tutorial:
https://itstillworks.com/lost-documents-wordpad...
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...
https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/27877-r...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG7ex54s7NY


To try to recover deleted files run Recuva: http://www.piriform.com/recuva/features

Keep me posted on your progress as I will be here to help until the case is resolved.
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