Excel workbook disappeared without saving - how to recover

[cpu97]

Hi,

Today I started filling in data in a blank workbook (Windows 10, Excel 2019). The excel window was not full screen as I was going back and forth between excel and another application. I highlighted two rows and tried to click on unfreeze panes, and all of a sudden the spreadsheet is gone. It was as if I had clicked on the other application to put it into focus and the spreadsheet was hidden behind it, but that's not the case. All of the other spreadsheets I have open are still open, but this new one mysteriously disappeared. Usually I get a warning about closing without saving, but not this time. Foolish of me not to save earlier, I know, but is there any way to recover this recent file?

Thanks for considering.

 

[jasonb75]

Go to the Excel File menu, then Open.
At the bottom there should be a button to 'Recover unsaved workbooks'. If you can't find it there then it's time to start again

 

[cpu97]

Thank you - unfortunately the list includes only workbooks I was prompted to save prior to closing. Back to the drawing board! Very odd.