In Word 2003, if I go to tools, options, file locations, I see the AutoRecover files is set to C:\...\Applications data\Microsoft\Word. I know the Publisher 2003 autorecover is set to C:\...\Applications data\Microsoft\Publisher. Therefore, I doubt changing the location in Word will have any effect on the Publisher location.
I don't know of a Microsoft Office Button. This may be a Office 2007 item.
If I open a publisher document I see the AutoRecover save - unsaved pub1(87B5).pb19 in the assigned location. If I enter %temp% and do a search for pub*.tmp, I can not find anything. If I fail to save the document, then the AutoRecover save - unsaved pub1(87B5).pb19 goes away and I still can not find anything of the form %temp%\pub*.tmp.
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by: kjanickePosted on 2009-10-06 at 09:07:01ID: 25506637
You may want to try moving the autosave location in another applications. Such as Word. Sometimes these entries are shared between applications.
Did you try opening it manually?
On the Standard toolbar, click Open .
In the Open dialog box, type the path and file mask below into the address bar at the top of the window to display a list of the automatically saved files:
%temp%\pub*.tmp
Click the name of the file that you want to recover, and then click Open.
Change the location via Word.
Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
Click Save.
Select the Save AutoRecover information every x minutes check box.
In the minutes list, specify how often you want the program to save your data and the program state.
The amount of new information that the recovered file contains depends on how frequently a Microsoft Office program saves the recovery file.
Optionally, you can change the location (specified in the AutoRecover file location box) where the program automatically saves a version of files you work on.