Autorecovery auto-deletes the recovered file

My scenario is basically as what I describe in the title

LibreOffice crashes, Auto-recovery launches to save my file,
then LibreOffice relaunches, Auto-recovery removes the TEMP folder which stores the recovered file,
and my file is gone.

Would someone please tell me how could this have happened and been avoided?

See also: Tags, matching “recovery

If you’re using Windows 7, the built-in shadow copy centre may have an older and uncorrupted version of your file.

  • Launch Explorer, right-click the
    folder that contained the document
    and select Properties.
  • If you see a Previous Versions tab
    then click that.
  • If all is well then you’ll see a list
    of entries for the folder, going back
    days, or maybe weeks.
  • Double-click one with a date when you
    know the document was readable, and
    try opening this older version.
  • Save it with a new name, and then
    repeat the process with later folder
    entries until you reach the point
    where the file became corrupted.

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