Yesterday I opened a document from mail by just 'clicking' it open (as in, I
didn't 'save as'). I worked on it all day and kept saving it, presuming it
was in my downloads folder. Today I went to look for it and it wasn't there,
and i've checked and when it says when you open without saving 'as' the
document doesn't save. I'm just wondering if there's anywhere, as i saved it
and it didn't prompt me to choose a location, that it could be? This would
save me hours and hours of work, so i'd be really grateful if anyone could
help me.

I won't be so stupid in the future... xx

Try this from Michael Santovec:
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP- Windows Live Mail

The updated document was saved to the IE Temporary Internet Files (TIF).
That's where WLM saves a temporary copy of attachments when you open
them from within WLM.

You cannot update an attachment within a WLM message. You need to save
the attachment and then open it, or if you open it from within WLM, you
need to use the File, Save As option in the application to save the
updates to some place other than the TIF.

There is chance that the updated attachment is still in the TIF.

Any attachments, if they are still there, will Not show if you look at
the TIF from IE or the Windows Explorer normally. On Win XP You will be
able to see them if you use Start, Run and enter the command:

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
or
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\

where XXXX is the Windows user. This assumes that you have not moved
the TIF. You can check the actual location by looking in IE at Tools,
Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings. The
\Content.IE5\ at the end is import or else you won't be able to see all
the files. You should see 4 folders with names such as A1B2C3D4.
You'll need to look in each folder for the missing files. The Search
function won't work.

An alternate access method is to open a Command Prompt window and use
"DOS" commands to locate and copy the file elsewhere. If you start at
the folder above the TIF and use the command
DIR /A /S *.XLS
(or whatever the file extension is) it will indicate if the file is
still there. You'll need to use a COPY command to copy the file
elsewhere. This will be cumbersome because of the peculiar folder
names.


--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us


"Steffan Mathias" <Steffan Mathias@newsgroup> wrote in
message news:2671B86C-2E36-4482-8ADC-B394AA32AD1A@newsgroup

> Yesterday I opened a document from mail by just 'clicking' it open (as in,
> I
> didn't 'save as'). I worked on it all day and kept saving it, presuming
> it
> was in my downloads folder. Today I went to look for it and it wasn't
> there,
> and i've checked and when it says when you open without saving 'as' the
> document doesn't save. I'm just wondering if there's anywhere, as i saved
> it
> and it didn't prompt me to choose a location, that it could be? This
> would
> save me hours and hours of work, so i'd be really grateful if anyone could
> help me.
>
> I won't be so stupid in the future... xx

If you are using Windows XP, the file will probably be in a
hidden folder at C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\xxxxxxxx (where
xxxxxxxx is the name of a sub-folder). The location may be
different with Vista or Windows 7.

In Win XP, the "Content.IE5" folder and its sub-folders are not
only hidden. They are also difficult to find, even if you enable
viewing of hidden files and folders. To navigate to the
"Content.IE5" folder, open Windows Explorer and type the complete
address (C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5). Then, you will
have to inspect the content of every sub-folder.

Unfortunately, amendments to the document that you saved may be
lost, because each time you open the attachment, WLMail will
probably over-write the file with the original attachment.

The moral is to always save the attachment, before you edit the
document.


"Steffan Mathias" <Steffan Mathias@newsgroup>
wrote in message
news:2671B86C-2E36-4482-8ADC-B394AA32AD1A@newsgroup

> Yesterday I opened a document from mail by just 'clicking' it
> open (as in, I
> didn't 'save as'). I worked on it all day and kept saving it,
> presuming it
> was in my downloads folder. Today I went to look for it and it
> wasn't there,
> and i've checked and when it says when you open without saving
> 'as' the
> document doesn't save. I'm just wondering if there's anywhere,
> as i saved it
> and it didn't prompt me to choose a location, that it could be?
> This would
> save me hours and hours of work, so i'd be really grateful if
> anyone could
> help me.
>
> I won't be so stupid in the future... xx

I'm using Vista, but I think I've found the folders and I'm pretty sure it's
not there =( Thank you anyway! x

"Bob Lucas" wrote:

> If you are using Windows XP, the file will probably be in a
> hidden folder at C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\xxxxxxxx (where
> xxxxxxxx is the name of a sub-folder). The location may be
> different with Vista or Windows 7.
>
> In Win XP, the "Content.IE5" folder and its sub-folders are not
> only hidden. They are also difficult to find, even if you enable
> viewing of hidden files and folders. To navigate to the
> "Content.IE5" folder, open Windows Explorer and type the complete
> address (C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5). Then, you will
> have to inspect the content of every sub-folder.
>
> Unfortunately, amendments to the document that you saved may be
> lost, because each time you open the attachment, WLMail will
> probably over-write the file with the original attachment.
>
> The moral is to always save the attachment, before you edit the
> document.
>
>
> "Steffan Mathias" <Steffan Mathias@newsgroup>
> wrote in message
> news:2671B86C-2E36-4482-8ADC-B394AA32AD1A@newsgroup

> > Yesterday I opened a document from mail by just 'clicking' it
> > open (as in, I
> > didn't 'save as'). I worked on it all day and kept saving it,
> > presuming it
> > was in my downloads folder. Today I went to look for it and it
> > wasn't there,
> > and i've checked and when it says when you open without saving
> > 'as' the
> > document doesn't save. I'm just wondering if there's anywhere,
> > as i saved it
> > and it didn't prompt me to choose a location, that it could be?
> > This would
> > save me hours and hours of work, so i'd be really grateful if
> > anyone could
> > help me.
> >
> > I won't be so stupid in the future... xx

>
> .
>

"Steffan Mathias" <SteffanMathias@newsgroup> wrote in
message news:EC18EC63-8561-4AE0-96E7-877C8EF61CAC@newsgroup

> I'm using Vista, but I think I've found the folders and I'm pretty sure
> it's
> not there =( Thank you anyway! x

In Vista you may not have found it, for one thing the TIF is in two
sections, the conventional one and the new Low one. Additionally more use
seems to be made of other non-TIF temporary file locations. And you
certainly won't have any guarantee of finding something that's there if you
are only using Windows Search to do your search.

Therefore, I use an elevated cmd window and use a command pipeline to make
sure I don't miss where files are going. I have my Short format date and
time set to facilitate searching and sorting, e.g. YYYY-MM-DD and
HH:MM:SS.

So, if you knew within the last hour that you did your last save you could
do something like this:

cd \
dir /a/s/tw | find "2010-03-04 05" | sort | more

E.g. doing that might help expose whether your Word program maintained a
backup copy for you that you haven't yet overwritten, even if it doesn't
find the file that you were saving.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---

That was written for XP. For Win7, the folder location is
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\

I'm not sure about Vista.

Also, your Windows Folder Options must be set Not to Hide Protected
Operating System Files or else you won't see the folders and files.

--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:O#FNDp4uKHA.796@newsgroup

> Try this from Michael Santovec:
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP- Windows Live Mail
>
> The updated document was saved to the IE Temporary Internet Files
> (TIF).
> That's where WLM saves a temporary copy of attachments when you open
> them from within WLM.
>
> You cannot update an attachment within a WLM message. You need to
> save
> the attachment and then open it, or if you open it from within WLM,
> you
> need to use the File, Save As option in the application to save the
> updates to some place other than the TIF.
>
> There is chance that the updated attachment is still in the TIF.
>
> Any attachments, if they are still there, will Not show if you look at
> the TIF from IE or the Windows Explorer normally. On Win XP You will
> be
> able to see them if you use Start, Run and enter the command:
>
> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
> or
> C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
> Files\Content.IE5\
>
> where XXXX is the Windows user. This assumes that you have not moved
> the TIF. You can check the actual location by looking in IE at Tools,
> Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings. The
> \Content.IE5\ at the end is import or else you won't be able to see
> all
> the files. You should see 4 folders with names such as A1B2C3D4.
> You'll need to look in each folder for the missing files. The Search
> function won't work.
>
> An alternate access method is to open a Command Prompt window and use
> "DOS" commands to locate and copy the file elsewhere. If you start at
> the folder above the TIF and use the command
> DIR /A /S *.XLS
> (or whatever the file extension is) it will indicate if the file is
> still there. You'll need to use a COPY command to copy the file
> elsewhere. This will be cumbersome because of the peculiar folder
> names.
>
>
> --
>
> Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us
>
>
> "Steffan Mathias" <Steffan Mathias@newsgroup> wrote in
> message news:2671B86C-2E36-4482-8ADC-B394AA32AD1A@newsgroup

>> Yesterday I opened a document from mail by just 'clicking' it open
>> (as in, I
>> didn't 'save as'). I worked on it all day and kept saving it,
>> presuming it
>> was in my downloads folder. Today I went to look for it and it
>> wasn't there,
>> and i've checked and when it says when you open without saving 'as'
>> the
>> document doesn't save. I'm just wondering if there's anywhere, as i
>> saved it
>> and it didn't prompt me to choose a location, that it could be? This
>> would
>> save me hours and hours of work, so i'd be really grateful if anyone
>> could
>> help me.
>>
>> I won't be so stupid in the future... xx

>