Why is Excel and Office always asking me to recover documents?
Since Office 2002 (probably even 97) until Office 2010 (probably even 2013), opening Excel and Word constantly results in me being shown a list of documents that I might want to recover. As far as I know, I save my documents, close them, and then shut down Excel and Word like any other application by clicking the X. I don't ALT+F4, open task manager and terminate the processes, unplug my computer, go out to my garage an flip all the breakers, etc. Every time this document list shows up, I feel a little paranoid, as if I need to look at them or something just to make sure I am not losing anything that I somehow didn't save.
I'd like someone to tell me that this is just Office messing with my mind, that everything I need has been safely saved to my drive. Don't just tell me that because I want you to, though. If you know what's up with this, do share.
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asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
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Since Office 2002 (probably even 97) until Office 2010 (probably even 2013), opening Excel and Word constantly results in me being shown a list of documents that I might want to recover. As far as I know, I save my documents, close them, and then shut down Excel and Word like any other application by clicking the X. I don't ALT+F4, open task manager and terminate the processes, unplug my computer, go out to my garage an flip all the breakers, etc. Every time this document list shows up, I feel a little paranoid, as if I need to look at them or something just to make sure I am not losing anything that I somehow didn't save.
I'd like someone to tell me that this is just Office messing with my mind, that everything I need has been safely saved to my drive. Don't just tell me that because I want you to, though. If you know what's up with this, do share.
microsoft-excel-2010 microsoft-office microsoft-word-2010 microsoft-office-2010
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
Windows offers to recover files when it detects the presence of temporary versions of those files, which should have been deleted when the program unloaded the file and closed gracefully. these files will have the same name as the file opened, but will start with a tilde. Is your user allowed to delete files in the location the documents were opened from?
– Frank Thomas
May 1 '15 at 12:26
@FrankThomas I have the permissions for that, but why I actually have to even worry about that in the year 2015 hits me in the wut
– oscilatingcretin
May 1 '15 at 12:47
1
Do you have always the same files? Have you tried to open and see what are those? I guess either you always have the same ones and you should save/delete them just once; either you have some template files opened in the background which you don't save, but I can't say more based on the information in your question.
– Máté Juhász
May 1 '15 at 13:38
@MátéJuhász It's never the same files. One time, I opened Excel and there were five or six files showing in there for what I established as no legitimate reason. I just click the close button in the list pane and dismiss them. I've opened them on occasion in the past, but they just seemed to be the same file, though I didn't do any painstaking comparisons to ensure that this is the case.
– oscilatingcretin
May 2 '15 at 14:56
Old question and perhaps overtaken by events. If this is still going on, try closing by using the Close or Exit option in the menu rather than clicking the X.
– fixer1234
Oct 5 at 0:15
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Since Office 2002 (probably even 97) until Office 2010 (probably even 2013), opening Excel and Word constantly results in me being shown a list of documents that I might want to recover. As far as I know, I save my documents, close them, and then shut down Excel and Word like any other application by clicking the X. I don't ALT+F4, open task manager and terminate the processes, unplug my computer, go out to my garage an flip all the breakers, etc. Every time this document list shows up, I feel a little paranoid, as if I need to look at them or something just to make sure I am not losing anything that I somehow didn't save.
I'd like someone to tell me that this is just Office messing with my mind, that everything I need has been safely saved to my drive. Don't just tell me that because I want you to, though. If you know what's up with this, do share.
microsoft-excel-2010 microsoft-office microsoft-word-2010 microsoft-office-2010
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
Since Office 2002 (probably even 97) until Office 2010 (probably even 2013), opening Excel and Word constantly results in me being shown a list of documents that I might want to recover. As far as I know, I save my documents, close them, and then shut down Excel and Word like any other application by clicking the X. I don't ALT+F4, open task manager and terminate the processes, unplug my computer, go out to my garage an flip all the breakers, etc. Every time this document list shows up, I feel a little paranoid, as if I need to look at them or something just to make sure I am not losing anything that I somehow didn't save.
I'd like someone to tell me that this is just Office messing with my mind, that everything I need has been safely saved to my drive. Don't just tell me that because I want you to, though. If you know what's up with this, do share.
microsoft-excel-2010 microsoft-office microsoft-word-2010 microsoft-office-2010
microsoft-excel-2010 microsoft-office microsoft-word-2010 microsoft-office-2010
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
asked May 1 '15 at 11:59
oscilatingcretin
1,955215995
1,955215995
Windows offers to recover files when it detects the presence of temporary versions of those files, which should have been deleted when the program unloaded the file and closed gracefully. these files will have the same name as the file opened, but will start with a tilde. Is your user allowed to delete files in the location the documents were opened from?
– Frank Thomas
May 1 '15 at 12:26
@FrankThomas I have the permissions for that, but why I actually have to even worry about that in the year 2015 hits me in the wut
– oscilatingcretin
May 1 '15 at 12:47
1
Do you have always the same files? Have you tried to open and see what are those? I guess either you always have the same ones and you should save/delete them just once; either you have some template files opened in the background which you don't save, but I can't say more based on the information in your question.
– Máté Juhász
May 1 '15 at 13:38
@MátéJuhász It's never the same files. One time, I opened Excel and there were five or six files showing in there for what I established as no legitimate reason. I just click the close button in the list pane and dismiss them. I've opened them on occasion in the past, but they just seemed to be the same file, though I didn't do any painstaking comparisons to ensure that this is the case.
– oscilatingcretin
May 2 '15 at 14:56
Old question and perhaps overtaken by events. If this is still going on, try closing by using the Close or Exit option in the menu rather than clicking the X.
– fixer1234
Oct 5 at 0:15
add a comment |
Windows offers to recover files when it detects the presence of temporary versions of those files, which should have been deleted when the program unloaded the file and closed gracefully. these files will have the same name as the file opened, but will start with a tilde. Is your user allowed to delete files in the location the documents were opened from?
– Frank Thomas
May 1 '15 at 12:26
@FrankThomas I have the permissions for that, but why I actually have to even worry about that in the year 2015 hits me in the wut
– oscilatingcretin
May 1 '15 at 12:47
1
Do you have always the same files? Have you tried to open and see what are those? I guess either you always have the same ones and you should save/delete them just once; either you have some template files opened in the background which you don't save, but I can't say more based on the information in your question.
– Máté Juhász
May 1 '15 at 13:38
@MátéJuhász It's never the same files. One time, I opened Excel and there were five or six files showing in there for what I established as no legitimate reason. I just click the close button in the list pane and dismiss them. I've opened them on occasion in the past, but they just seemed to be the same file, though I didn't do any painstaking comparisons to ensure that this is the case.
– oscilatingcretin
May 2 '15 at 14:56
Old question and perhaps overtaken by events. If this is still going on, try closing by using the Close or Exit option in the menu rather than clicking the X.
– fixer1234
Oct 5 at 0:15
Windows offers to recover files when it detects the presence of temporary versions of those files, which should have been deleted when the program unloaded the file and closed gracefully. these files will have the same name as the file opened, but will start with a tilde. Is your user allowed to delete files in the location the documents were opened from?
– Frank Thomas
May 1 '15 at 12:26
Windows offers to recover files when it detects the presence of temporary versions of those files, which should have been deleted when the program unloaded the file and closed gracefully. these files will have the same name as the file opened, but will start with a tilde. Is your user allowed to delete files in the location the documents were opened from?
– Frank Thomas
May 1 '15 at 12:26
@FrankThomas I have the permissions for that, but why I actually have to even worry about that in the year 2015 hits me in the wut
– oscilatingcretin
May 1 '15 at 12:47
@FrankThomas I have the permissions for that, but why I actually have to even worry about that in the year 2015 hits me in the wut
– oscilatingcretin
May 1 '15 at 12:47
1
1
Do you have always the same files? Have you tried to open and see what are those? I guess either you always have the same ones and you should save/delete them just once; either you have some template files opened in the background which you don't save, but I can't say more based on the information in your question.
– Máté Juhász
May 1 '15 at 13:38
Do you have always the same files? Have you tried to open and see what are those? I guess either you always have the same ones and you should save/delete them just once; either you have some template files opened in the background which you don't save, but I can't say more based on the information in your question.
– Máté Juhász
May 1 '15 at 13:38
@MátéJuhász It's never the same files. One time, I opened Excel and there were five or six files showing in there for what I established as no legitimate reason. I just click the close button in the list pane and dismiss them. I've opened them on occasion in the past, but they just seemed to be the same file, though I didn't do any painstaking comparisons to ensure that this is the case.
– oscilatingcretin
May 2 '15 at 14:56
@MátéJuhász It's never the same files. One time, I opened Excel and there were five or six files showing in there for what I established as no legitimate reason. I just click the close button in the list pane and dismiss them. I've opened them on occasion in the past, but they just seemed to be the same file, though I didn't do any painstaking comparisons to ensure that this is the case.
– oscilatingcretin
May 2 '15 at 14:56
Old question and perhaps overtaken by events. If this is still going on, try closing by using the Close or Exit option in the menu rather than clicking the X.
– fixer1234
Oct 5 at 0:15
Old question and perhaps overtaken by events. If this is still going on, try closing by using the Close or Exit option in the menu rather than clicking the X.
– fixer1234
Oct 5 at 0:15
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I don't know the reason yours isn't working as it should, but here's an idea that will hopefully get rid of the behavior. (It's a little bit risky in the sense that you might conceivably lose some work in the event of a crash.)
Options -> Save -> uncheck "Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving"
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
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If you have closed the files normally and you are still getting auto recovery files then this means you still have temporary files in autosave folder.
Go in File/Options/Save: find the path and delete everything in that folder. Close excel/word and open again. Check if you get autorecovery files again or not.
Go in File/Options/Save: Change the location of the autosave files, preferably give it a sub folder for excel and do the same thing in word if you are having problems there.
Do run scan disk to see if there are disk problems. If you do I suggest you just buy another drive, its not worth losing your data anyway.
answered Dec 11 '17 at 11:27
Muhammed Azam Ali
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I don't know the reason yours isn't working as it should, but here's an idea that will hopefully get rid of the behavior. (It's a little bit risky in the sense that you might conceivably lose some work in the event of a crash.)
Options -> Save -> uncheck "Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving"
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
add a comment |
I don't know the reason yours isn't working as it should, but here's an idea that will hopefully get rid of the behavior. (It's a little bit risky in the sense that you might conceivably lose some work in the event of a crash.)
Options -> Save -> uncheck "Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving"
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
add a comment |
I don't know the reason yours isn't working as it should, but here's an idea that will hopefully get rid of the behavior. (It's a little bit risky in the sense that you might conceivably lose some work in the event of a crash.)
Options -> Save -> uncheck "Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving"
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
I don't know the reason yours isn't working as it should, but here's an idea that will hopefully get rid of the behavior. (It's a little bit risky in the sense that you might conceivably lose some work in the event of a crash.)
Options -> Save -> uncheck "Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving"
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
answered May 2 '15 at 3:40
aparente001
231219
231219
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
add a comment |
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
Useful for a dedicated server where Excel is used only for automation and not for user interaction.
– Vojtěch Dohnal
Sep 24 at 9:25
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If you have closed the files normally and you are still getting auto recovery files then this means you still have temporary files in autosave folder.
Go in File/Options/Save: find the path and delete everything in that folder. Close excel/word and open again. Check if you get autorecovery files again or not.
Go in File/Options/Save: Change the location of the autosave files, preferably give it a sub folder for excel and do the same thing in word if you are having problems there.
Do run scan disk to see if there are disk problems. If you do I suggest you just buy another drive, its not worth losing your data anyway.
answered Dec 11 '17 at 11:27
Muhammed Azam Ali
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If you have closed the files normally and you are still getting auto recovery files then this means you still have temporary files in autosave folder.
Go in File/Options/Save: find the path and delete everything in that folder. Close excel/word and open again. Check if you get autorecovery files again or not.
Go in File/Options/Save: Change the location of the autosave files, preferably give it a sub folder for excel and do the same thing in word if you are having problems there.
Do run scan disk to see if there are disk problems. If you do I suggest you just buy another drive, its not worth losing your data anyway.
answered Dec 11 '17 at 11:27
Muhammed Azam Ali
1
add a comment |
If you have closed the files normally and you are still getting auto recovery files then this means you still have temporary files in autosave folder.
Go in File/Options/Save: find the path and delete everything in that folder. Close excel/word and open again. Check if you get autorecovery files again or not.
Go in File/Options/Save: Change the location of the autosave files, preferably give it a sub folder for excel and do the same thing in word if you are having problems there.
Do run scan disk to see if there are disk problems. If you do I suggest you just buy another drive, its not worth losing your data anyway.
answered Dec 11 '17 at 11:27
Muhammed Azam Ali
1
If you have closed the files normally and you are still getting auto recovery files then this means you still have temporary files in autosave folder.
Go in File/Options/Save: find the path and delete everything in that folder. Close excel/word and open again. Check if you get autorecovery files again or not.
Go in File/Options/Save: Change the location of the autosave files, preferably give it a sub folder for excel and do the same thing in word if you are having problems there.
Do run scan disk to see if there are disk problems. If you do I suggest you just buy another drive, its not worth losing your data anyway.
answered Dec 11 '17 at 11:27
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answered Dec 11 '17 at 11:27
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Windows offers to recover files when it detects the presence of temporary versions of those files, which should have been deleted when the program unloaded the file and closed gracefully. these files will have the same name as the file opened, but will start with a tilde. Is your user allowed to delete files in the location the documents were opened from?
– Frank Thomas
May 1 '15 at 12:26
@FrankThomas I have the permissions for that, but why I actually have to even worry about that in the year 2015 hits me in the wut
– oscilatingcretin
May 1 '15 at 12:47
1
Do you have always the same files? Have you tried to open and see what are those? I guess either you always have the same ones and you should save/delete them just once; either you have some template files opened in the background which you don't save, but I can't say more based on the information in your question.
– Máté Juhász
May 1 '15 at 13:38
@MátéJuhász It's never the same files. One time, I opened Excel and there were five or six files showing in there for what I established as no legitimate reason. I just click the close button in the list pane and dismiss them. I've opened them on occasion in the past, but they just seemed to be the same file, though I didn't do any painstaking comparisons to ensure that this is the case.
– oscilatingcretin
May 2 '15 at 14:56
Old question and perhaps overtaken by events. If this is still going on, try closing by using the Close or Exit option in the menu rather than clicking the X.
– fixer1234
Oct 5 at 0:15