Flash CS5.5 Auto Save Issues

Alright, I've been having this annoying issue with flash. Flash auto saves my project every 10 minutes, but, I would rather have flash save every thirty minutes. This can be very aggravating, because, when every I return to use flash It is saving. When I am in a rhythm working on a project flash interrupts me to autosave.
Autosave is great in that It has saved me having to redo work, but, I would rather choose to save when I am ready.
I tried to change the auto-recovery setting to a different amount of time. FlashPreferences>General>Auto-Recovery
This does not work. Flash will continue to save every 10 min.
Any thoughts or solutions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
-Pat
Bike Lust Comics
http://www.BikeLustComics.com

Thanks Sukhibir! I found the setting and set it to 30 min. I can stop pulling my hair out now!
At first, I was a little confused about where to find the wrench so I made some screenshots to help people find this:
Thanks again!
-Pat
Bike Lust Comics
http://www.BikeLustComics.com

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