Lost Word Document (docx)

[Sue]

This is the 2nd time this has happened. I was e-mailed a Word document
(docx) vision. Opened the document, worked on it, used Ctrl S to save and
cannot locate the saved document. Where can it be?

 

[Jeff Strickland]

Go back to the e-mail message and open the attachment and do File Save As
and note the location. The file you worked on will be in that folder. This
is a pain in the ass, I know.

The work around is (in the future), open the file and immediately do a Save
As, and direct the resulting file to your My Documents folder where you can
find it again on a subsequent File Open.

The problem you did not plan for is that active e-mail files are not saved
in MyDocuments, so a File Save (CTRL + S) will not give the expected
results. This is why you need to save attachments before you start working
on them. You can open and edit, but you have to remember to save to
MyDocuments because that is not where they will automatically go.

 

[Jay]

This is the 2nd time this has happened. I was e-mailed a Word document
(docx) vision. Opened the document, worked on it, used Ctrl S to save and
cannot locate the saved document. Where can it be?

Check your temporary internet files.
If you plan to save/work on an email attachment you should save it locally
first.
Or do a "save as" when done.

 

[Dave]

The file should be located in a folder somewhere in
C:\Users\(youraccount)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5

Windows Explorer won't let you navigate to this folder, but it will show the
Content.IE5 folder and subfolders, only if you manually enter the path into
the address bar.

 

[Frenchy]

The file should be located in a folder somewhere in
C:\Users\(youraccount)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5

Windows Explorer won't let you navigate to this folder, but it will show
the Content.IE5 folder and subfolders, only if you manually enter the
path into the address bar.

Can all those folders there be emptied or deleted?

Frenchy

 

[Dave]

AFAIK, most of the files get deleted when you "Delete Temporary Internet
files" in Internet Options, or via Disk Cleanup.