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Old 04-11-2008   #1 (permalink)
DHM


 
 

Temp File recovery

From hotmail I opened a word doc. I hit the save button but not the save to
button. I assume it opened in a temp file. I closed out the file. But now I
can not locate. I am using Windows XP. Can you hellb me recover this file

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-14-2008   #2 (permalink)
Malu Menezes [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Temp File recovery

Hi,

What probably happened is that you saved it to a temporary folder. This
folder might not even exist anymore, and if that's the case, I'm not sure
there's much you can do. You can try to ask in a Microsoft Word newsgroup
though.

You could try to search for file content, maybe? And use a sentence you know
was in the file...

Usually temporary folders go on the same volume as your Operational System
(usually C
--Malu




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> From hotmail I opened a word doc. I hit the save button but not the save
> to
> button. I assume it opened in a temp file. I closed out the file. But
> now I
> can not locate. I am using Windows XP. Can you hellb me recover this file
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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