WHAT GOOD IS AUTOSAVE IF IT DOESN"T $%#*NG ACTUALLY SAVE!!!

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

ARRRGHHHH!!!


I just lost about 3 hours work in Excel. I thought, no biggie, I have Autosave turned on....but it didn't $%*#&( SAVE anything.

 

[Canai]

Well, it's an MS product...

 

[Lonyo]

ctrl + s
file -> save

 

[Aikouka]

No Document Recovery ?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
ctrl + s
file -> save

yes, and normally I do this, and I'd have sworn I did it this morning out of habit, but apparently not.

 

[dugweb]

do you happen to use windows vista?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: dugweb
do you happen to use windows vista?

no, it's Excel 2002 on XP Pro.

It appears the AutoRecover files are deleted when you close the file. BRILLIANT.

 

[Shawn]

works for me. I usually just save though.

 

[amddude]

I've seen that happen sometimes, definitely no fun

 

[tfcmasta97]

so what, you quit, clicked dont save and now yuo're complainin bout autosave missing it?

when the program crashes, it's always there for me... then again, if i work on something for 3 hours i save it like 100 times in between

lol i guess your sig holds true

 

[bignateyk]

Wait.. how did you lose your work if it didnt crash? Autosave is only meant to backup your work in the event of a crash. If you exit the program, it will delete temporary files...

On a side note, I have an uncontrollable habit of pressing ctrl+s literally about every 10 seconds.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Wait.. how did you lose your work if it didnt crash? Autosave is only meant to backup your work in the event of a crash. If you exit the program, it will delete temporary files...

On a side note, I have an uncontrollable habit of pressing ctrl+s literally about every 10 seconds.

Excel 2002 has 2 functions:

AutoSave (which I have enabled to save every 5 minutes)
AutoRecover (to recover from a crash)


Both are enabled. The AutoSave DIDN'T, and AutoRecover deletes it's files after you close the document.

I had 3 files open, referencing historical data. I inadvertantly closed them all instead of just the 2 I was referencing. It also didn't prompt me to save my file before closing. I know I should have saved periodically manually, but AutoSave still should have picked up at most of the changes had it actually worked...

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: amddude
I've seen that happen sometimes, definitely no fun

ya, happened to me once too.... and it usually strikes at the most worst time when you are sooo swarmed with work you forget the press Crtl-S. (I have a habit for pressing that excessively DURING non-busy time)

 

[secretanchitman]

i set the autorecovery time to 10 minutes...save my work before i even do anything like write my name on the page...

that sucks dude, im sorry.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: Lonyo
ctrl + s
file -> save

yes, and normally I do this, and I'd have sworn I did it this morning out of habit, but apparently not.

Doh, that sucks

 

[KLin]

Hence the reason not to trust autosave and always click that little save button every 10-15 minutes.

EDIT: Actually, Office XP doesn't have the autosave feature anymore, it only has the autorecover

Change the save interval for automatic file recovery
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
Select the Save AutoRecover info every check box.
In the minutes box, specify how often you want your Microsoft Office program to save files.

Note: Do not use AutoRecover as a substitute for regularly saving your work by clicking Save on the Standard toolbar.

From the Excel XP help file

 

[sthaznpride17]

I ctrl +s literally every sentence i write. I have never had my PC crash but I still do it out of habit.

 

[nissan720]

You might want to check the temp files to see if there is an extra copy there.

I did the same thing once where I thought I had saved it but it went away. I searched for it but it did not find it but, when I looked in the temp file (Doc and Settings / User Name / Local Settings / Temp) myself I found an extra copy. Saved myself a few hours.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: KLin
Hence the reason not to trust autosave and always click that little save button every 10-15 minutes.

EDIT: Actually, Office XP doesn't have the autosave feature anymore, it only has the autorecover

Change the save interval for automatic file recovery
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
Select the Save AutoRecover info every check box.
In the minutes box, specify how often you want your Microsoft Office program to save files.

Note: Do not use AutoRecover as a substitute for regularly saving your work by clicking Save on the Standard toolbar.

From the Excel XP help file

and if you read the posts, I use Office 2002, which does have AutoSave despite it being utterly fvcking worthless.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: nissan720
You might want to check the temp files to see if there is an extra copy there.

I did the same thing once where I thought I had saved it but it went away. I searched for it but it did not find it but, when I looked in the temp file (Doc and Settings / User Name / Local Settings / Temp) myself I found an extra copy. Saved myself a few hours.

I did...no go. I just spent about 90 minutes redoing it. At least it went faster.

 

[rh71]

man I ctrl-s after almost every entry.

 

[Mo0o]

There's an Office 2002? I thought it went from 2000 to XP

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: KLin
Hence the reason not to trust autosave and always click that little save button every 10-15 minutes.

EDIT: Actually, Office XP doesn't have the autosave feature anymore, it only has the autorecover

Change the save interval for automatic file recovery
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
Select the Save AutoRecover info every check box.
In the minutes box, specify how often you want your Microsoft Office program to save files.

Note: Do not use AutoRecover as a substitute for regularly saving your work by clicking Save on the Standard toolbar.

From the Excel XP help file

really annoying that they took that out. i've lost data because i was used to it being there (accidentally closing when closing lots of files, stuff like that)

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
There's an Office 2002? I thought it went from 2000 to XP

I believe that Office 2002 = OfficeXP.

 

[us3rnotfound]

How difficult is it to do a ctrl s every now and then?

This should teach you.