How to find unsaved file location for SQL query in management studio

This is important if we not saved files on disk and SQL management studio close.

Un save file location
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\Backup Files\
Windows Vista/7/10
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\Backup Files
OR %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

Sql Query find using statics

Use <Database Name>
 SELECT execquery.last_execution_time AS [Date Time]
 , execsql.text AS [Script] 
 FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS execquery
 CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(execquery.sql_handle) AS execsql
 ORDER BY execquery.last_execution_time DESC

Query Recovery Settings

There is a setting in Management Studio that allows the Autorecover option enabled by default. We can modify the default settings as per our need to reduce the risk of loss.

Go to SSMS -> Tools -> Options -> Environment -> AutoRecover

Query recovery setup

When Application load it will popup for recovery

Query recovery on load
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