I can't find a doc--Word 2007

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John

Hello.

I opened a doc that was an attachment in an email. then i worked on it. I
presume I clicked the blue button to save it while I was working on it, but
I can't be sure. thenfor some reason i closed it without being sure to save
it. now i can't find it anywhere. I don't see it listed in the recent
documents list in Word. I can't find it with Vista's search mechanism. I
can't find it anywhere. Is there anything else to do?

John
 
J

John

Could you tell me where to find my temporary folders? I found one containing
approx 12 subfolders called IE5 and everything in the subfolders is from
1/6. Do you have any idea where else one might look? Thank you.

John
 
J

John

Herb:

GENIUS!!! My eyes are watery as I am typing this. If you lived here, I'd buy
you dinner.

There is only one minor flaw with your technique. When you copy the file
location, it tells you the subfolder that that file is in. However, there
appear to be tons of subfolders under Content.IE5. Indeed, it didn't work
for the first attachment that I opened. However, it did for the second. But
suppose there were no other attachments to open? How would you even be able
to get to the other subfolders under Content.IE5 so that you could search
their contents? I guess what I'm asking is: how do you use Windows to
navigate to Content.IE5 so that you you have have all those subfolders right
at your fingertips?

Thanks again for saving my life and thank you for considering my newest
question.

John
 
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Beth Melton

It may not necessarily open in the Content.IE5 folder, it could also be
Content.Outlook. The key to this process is to place you in the general area
of the Temporary files. If you try to manually navigate to the same location
you'll likely not find it due to how Windows handles temporary files. You
need to either copy/paste the path or type it in the Address bar. As you
noted, you may need to go digging in order to find it.

As for other attachments, you can always email yourself an attachment. :)

~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
 
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Herb Tyson [MVP]

As Beth indicated, going in directly using Windows Explorer won't
necessarily get you to the right neighborhood. Outlook tends to store its
attachments in the same location (not always, but frequently), so that
opening another attachment is a pretty good starting point. I'm glad the
technique help you find your document.

I get so attached to my prose that I would rather spend 3 hours looking for
something I already wrote than spend 10 minutes rewriting it. ;-) So, I've
used this technique on more than one occasion, although I'm a lot more
careful these days, since I know from experience that it doesn't always
work.
 
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