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My computer has an update process that auto-restarts it around 3 am. Sometimes, upon restart, a number of .xar files are generated which Excel tries & fails to open, preventing it from executing automated processes I’ve set up for the morning.
How do I prevent the .xar files from being generated?
.xar files are Auto recovery files, probably created because your restart doesn’t gracefully exit Excel.
You can disable auto recover on a workbook by going to the office button, excel options, save, AutoRecover exceptions for: and then checking “Disable AutoRecover for this workbook only”.
If you do this for the workbooks that you’re update process uses it should prevent the failure you’re experiencing.