MS Apps: Recover Unsaved Documents

How To...

Recover unsaved Microsoft Word documents from an unexpected Restart or Crash. (And possibly for Excel and PowerPoint )

Steps To Implement

  1. In the “Type here to search” located at the bottom right (or by hitting the Windows Key) type %appdata%.
  2. While in the Roaming Folder go to the folder labeled "Microsoft"
  3. Next, click on the Folder labeled "Word."

Here you will see either Documents or Folders containing documents that may have been unsaved.

For Example I have a Folder “Knowledge%20Article…”. If I click into this Folder, we can see that there is an unsaved document I can open.

Alternate Solution

Check A Different File Location seen as: C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles

Or Check this Microsoft Article on how to possibly recover deleted files. 
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Article ID: 426
Created
Tue 6/14/22 9:46 AM
Modified
Thu 9/28/23 1:15 PM