Auto Recovery

[abhiabhi_84]

Hello Everybody !!!

I have some queries regarding auto recovery of Open Office.
I am using OO 2.0 on Windows XP.

Where does a recovery file saved in the disk? what is the naming convention for such locked files? Without any setting, does these files get saved some where in disk?

I have a few scenarios for which i am doubtful.
Scenario 1:
I have a file file1.ods at location D:/. for some reasons Open Office crashes. now where is the recovery file saved?
I am sure, next time, when user starts Open Office, recovery would happen.

Scenario 2:
I have a file file2.ods at location D:/. for some reasons Open Office crashes. Now I delete file2.ods before recovery happens.When any other Open Office document is opened next time, auto recovery wizard starts. But as the file which is supposed to be recovered, is not present on disk (at least on same location as it was before crash), so recovery fails. Now every time when Open Office is started, recovery wizard starts and recovery fails as file does not exist.
What can be done in such scenario to avoid auto recovery ?

Scenario 3:
I have a file file3.ods at location D:/. for some reasons Open Office crashes. Next time Open Office file is opened, recovery wizard starts, but recovery is not done successfully by the user. Now if file3.ods is opened with MS Excel, it opens properly, but if opened with OO 2.0, it shows a message saying, file is locked for editing.
What can be done in such a situation?

In all above cases, i searched whole computer for:
*lock*
*~lock*
*file1* ....etc

But in any case, I could not find, any such lock file.

I could find a .lock file in below location:
C:\Documents and Settings\p000147\Application Data\OpenOffice.org2

Any suggestions?

Abhi

[r4zoli]

Update from OOo 2.x to 3.1.1 else search in your user profile and OS Temp folders. [Tutorial] The OOo user profile

[abhiabhi_84]

not feasible as of now to move to OO 3.X...