

Reason being, you can then (copy your backed up file to a temp location so as not to screw the backup) rename the extension to. I have come up with a way of saving the files in this directory to a backup directory at regular intervals using Task Scheduler and Powershell - effectively backing up the autosave files. When you close Excel and select NO to save changes, the related temp. The filenames are generated, and don't relate to the Workbook name. xar files in "C:\Users\ username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel".

Prior to Excel 2010, the Autosave feature creates hidden. Applies to Excel 2007 (and maybe 2003) on Windows 7.
