Computer Help

[JulesB]

Could some clever computer person help me please, before I start crying

 

I've just been working on a Word document that was sent to me as an attachment to an email.

 

I worked away for hours, regularly pressing the 'save' button, then closed it when I'd finished. I've just realised that I didn't actually save it on my system - will the new version be somewhere in my temporary internet files?

 

I've had a look but the only version I can see there is the old one.

 

It was really difficult and took me ages and I could just weep at the thought of doing it again

 

Thanks if you can help

[cycas]

The Word document should be saved somewhere on your hard disk, but where exactly it is will depend on what email program you were using and how it is set up.

 

Try running a search for the filename across your entire hard disk?

[Sophie]

Try looking in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp

 

Also, if you were editing it in Word, does it show up in your list of last accessed files (File --> list at the bottom)?

[JulesB]

Thanks for those suggestions

 

I've just asked it to search the hard disk but now it's refusing to have a look, for reasons known only to itself.

 

I've also tried looking in recent files from Word/File.... and Start/Recent Documents but it can only see where it was in the temporary files if you know what I mean - shows me the gobbledegook folder under temporary, then the file name, but won't be tricked into opening it.

 

I am going for a nice walk and a cup of tea. Maybe it will look better when I come back

[Pingu]

If you open word it may be in the recent files list

 

 

 

failing that

 

 

 

open the email

 

open the word doc

 

select ... file...save as

 

DO NOT SAVE THE FILE

 

look where it wants to put it

 

thats where it will most likely be

 

 

 

 

 

failing that

 

 

 

do a search for the filename but include hidden and system files in the options

 

 

 

if yoyu cant remember the file name do a seach for *.doc and then sort by date to see if you recognise it.

 

 

 

Its on your system somewhere

[ReikiAnge]

Thanks for those suggestions

 

I've just asked it to search the hard disk but now it's refusing to have a look, for reasons known only to itself.

 

I've also tried looking in recent files from Word/File.... and Start/Recent Documents but it can only see where it was in the temporary files if you know what I mean - shows me the gobbledegook folder under temporary, then the file name, but won't be tricked into opening it.

 

I am going for a nice walk and a cup of tea. Maybe it will look better when I come back

 

If you do as Sophie suggested, ie open Word and go to File, is it one of the files listed at the bottom there (it should be if you've not opened many documents since)? If you open it, is it the copy you've updated? If it is, you can just go to file, save as and then put it wherever you like.

[cycas]

I don't think this works if you opened the doc from an email - at least it doesn't in my slightly elderly copy of Office. The recently opened files list only includes files that I opened via Word: it doesn't include ones that you clicked on and it opened word automatically as the associated program.

 

Which is bloody annoying.

[Richard (The Sane)]

Helped people with this loads of times at work

 

 

 

Here is what I do - kind of ties up with Ricks post.

 

 

 

Open the file from the email (CHeck your changes are not already there, depending on setup sometimes they will be... If not...)

 

 

 

Click file > Save as

 

 

 

CHANGE THE FILENAME TO SOMETHING ELSE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!!

 

 

 

The save it. You have just saved the file in the location where the other one will be

 

 

 

No close the file then click File > Open

 

 

 

Word will now be looking at the folder where your file is, so the docuemnt with the same filename as the one in the email should contain your changes. Open it and the save it somewhere memorable

[JulesB]

I've tried all the suggestions but no luck. I can find the file where the system has stored it among the temporary files OK, but it's just the original version. I don't know why it's not saved the changes, as I definitely remember pressing 'save' loads of times, just so I didn't lose anything

 

Guess I'll just have to be a woman about it and knuckle down and re-do the work. It might teach me to be more careful

 

Thanks again everyone