Is it possible to recover project file after PSE 7 crashed?

I was drawing in PSE 7 using a Wacom tablet, and suddenly a popup said PSE has stopped working. Thought I clicked ignore or somehow get rid of the popup without closing it, but it closed. Is there any way to recover the file I was working on? Naturally, I hadn't saved it yet :-(. I tried to open "Recently Edited Files", but it only had the unedited version. Help
Also, anyone know how to get rid of the little tool option popup when I touch my pen to the tablet? It's driving me NUTS!
Thanks

Had you saved the image files at any time before the crash? If so, you can search your hard drive for them.
When Photoshop doesn't shut down properly, it retains very little. I've even seen a crash make PS wipe my preferences and other settings to their factory state.
Nancy O.

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