Okay, I understand.  They are two entirely separate operations, with different goals.  Still, though, in prior years, I can't remember the last time I manually saved a file I was working on.  Only when exiting when I answer Yes to the offer to save.  20+ years it's been auto-saving for me.  

What I should have added is that I "simulated" a crash a few times by forcing a restart without exiting proseries the way I normally would.  If it was saving a recovery file for me, that would have been the time it was needed.  It wasn't there.  

So, something's wrong.

When you say "any time my program crashes ...", are you talking about this current 2019 software, or in years past?

thanks again