I incorrectly entered a password on a encrypted document that had been recovered due to a Microsoft Word crash. Now the file is gone. Is it gone forever, and if so I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. You of all people should know no one is perfect, look at your crap software for example. 

• Moved by Carey FrischMVP Saturday, March 07, 2015 11:39 PM Relocated

If you close a recovered document (*.asd) without resaving it in Word format, it will be deleted. Just in case, you can search for files with the asd extension, but you are probably out of luck. Another thing worth trying is Previous Versions (supported in Windows 7, but not in Windows 8.x as far a