How to open a lost file in Microsoft Office Autorecovery

Excel crashed and when it autorecovered my file upon restart it opened the original file with none of the data I had added.
To find the autorecovered file I followed the instructions here: How to find a lost file in Microsoft Office Autorecovery
But now I cannot open the file without seeing the following error code. This happens even if I change the file type listed in the previously mentioned tutorial.
Help!! How do I open the file!?

Well, at least have a soundtrack for my misery now.

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