Is it possible to recover Excel file received via Email

[Banadinovich]

I have spent 5 hours working on a spreadsheet trying to open as an attachment to an email, and it didn't save! Is there anyway of recovering this document. It is really urgent and really important. Thanks

[Adrut]

I think that your work is gone. Re-open from the email and start again. If you're lucky, you may find it under your Temporary Internet Files folder (depending on what you use for your email client).

[Sarag]

Excel can keep track of the most recently used files. If you open excel and click on File, do you see the filename at the bottom of the dialog. How about using windows Most recently used list. Click on Windows Start button > Documents and then check it is there or not. How about using windows > search for *.xls that were updated in the last day or so.

[celestial musician]

Which version of Excel are you using. There has been no Autosave in Excel since version 2000. Newer versions have only the Autorecovery feature which, if the file is closed normally as yours was, deletes the temporary Autorecovery file.