That funny named file doesn't get saved when excel crashes. It gets created
when excel is saving the file. (If excel crashes while you're saving, you may
see it then, too.)

Some background:

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Jed wrote:

Hi vivek
Normally when Excel crashes, it generates a file in temporary directory
or within same directory . The file generated can be of any name. eg
79ea4400 and is uasually without any extension. If you roughly know what
time Excel crashed, look for a file either in temporary directory or in the
directory where the file was , that was created roughly at that time and
rename that file to .xls eg 79ea4400.xls Open that file in Excel and
hopefully all should be recovered. Hope this helps

Regards
Jed

"Vivek" wrote in message
...
hi im vivek

we were using a xls file which was shared in our lan, but one computer
where
it was physicaly present and opened in EXcel 2000, the excel generaetd
error
and got closed and from that instance this file is not viisble, i have
tried
to search it on n/w and the local comp where it was stored,but im not
getting
it. pls tell me if any one had faced thsi prob how to recover it, b'cause
its
very imp file for us. i got very confused how a file can be get vanished
when
a excel prog got error,


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Dave Peterson