Finding Microsoft Word Temporary Files

C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word

Finding and using the temporary and auto save files

The default auto save time for word documents is 10 minutes. You can control this time in Options under the "Save" tab. The auto save files are placed in one of the following two locations, which is where you should look to recover the data.

"C:\ Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Word".
"C:\ Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp"
On Windows 7 and Vista, the locations will be

"C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Word"
"C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp"
If you are looking for files used by word, then the following file types should be looked for, where "xxxx" is a number.

A word document file will look like ~wrdxxxx.tmp
A temp document file will look like ~wrfxxxx.tmp
An auto recovery file will look like ~wraxxxx.tmp
An auto recovery file that is complete will have the extension of .wbk.