How to recover excel/office files which are not saved

[dhruv2193]

C:\Users\xx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\excel or word or powerpoint . This location shows files which are not saved by user while/after shutting down or any other task. This location is better and more reliable to find not saved files than office menu of recover unsaved documents.
Hope this helps.
But make sure that following auto recover options are ticked-

[dinosaur07]

Correct, but it is better to lower the default limit to 5 minutes.  ;)

[dhruv2193]

Correct, but it is better to lower the default limit to 5 minutes.  ;)

Thanks. You are correct. Changed in my excel too.