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Recovering Excel documents that were closed without saving

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Mar 15, 2026327746 views
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Can I ensure that if I mistakenly close a Microsoft Excel document without saving the latest version, that I can recover some of the work I've done? I'm using Excel 2003.

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Fix for: Recovering Excel documents that were closed without saving

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Look for any files in the following: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\ In my case, I found an errant file here: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\~ar3451.xar For an Excel 2003 file…

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