The more recent versions of Word save ASD files to the following default directories: Windows Vista/7: [user] AppData Roaming Microsoft Word Windows XP: [user] Application Data Microsoft Word The following versions of Microsoft Word use ASD files: • Word 2007 • Word 2003 • Word 2002 Standard Edition • Word 2000 Standard Edition • Word 97 Standard Edition • Word 95 Standard Edition • Microsoft Word 95a • Word 7.x NOTE: To open an ASD file manually in Word, choose File → Open, select 'All Files (*.*)' in the File type list, and then choose your ASD file.
This method will guild you to find out the Auto Recover file location from Word Options, and then recover files with the Auto Recover file location easily in Word. Click File > Options to open the Word Options dialog box. In the opening Word Options dialog box, please click Save in left bar, copy the folder path from the Auto Recover file location box, and then close the Word Options. See screenshot: 3.
Apr 17, 2018 How to recover a lost Word document. If you cannot locate an.asd file in the location that is. Locate and then select the.asd file. .asd file extension – what is this? Everything about.asd files. How to open.asd files?
Go ahead to click File > Open > Browse. In the Open dialog box, please (1) press Ctrl + V keys together to paste the AutoRecover file location into the Address box, and press Enter key; (2) select All Files from the drop down list right to the File name box, and then (3) double click to open the specified folder that probably contains recovered file. See screenshot: 5. In the opening AutoRecover file folder, please select the specified ASD file of lost word document, and click the Open button. See screenshot: Notes: (1) If the document is new and never been saved, the file name will be something like “ AutoRecovery save of Document 1.asd'; (2) If the document was already manually saved, but you lost intervening work between saves, it will have the name of the saved document (e.g, “ Autocovery save of Remove indents.asd“).