Vista - disappearing epf file

Every time I try to save an .epf file (digital certificate) on my computer,
it immediately disappears. How can I save this type of file where I can
access it?

I have Windows Vista Home Premium version 6.0 on an Acer Aspire.

Someone (another tech support center) told me that if the file is saved on
the Desktop, it is redirected to:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Virtualized\C\Users\USERNAME\Desktop
but, although I have a C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\
directory, I don't have a
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
directory. So there's no use looking for it there.

If I search for files named *.epf, I find nothing.

Hi, David.

I know nothing about .epf files, but my last-resort search file is good old
Dir in a "DOS" prompt. (Yes, I know that Vista's Command Prompt is not
really MS-DOS; that's why I put "DOS" in quotes.)

Open a Command Prompt window and, at the prompt, enter:
dir c:\*.epf /s/a

If it's a big drive with lots of files, you may have time for a short cup of
coffee. But if there is an .epf file on Drive C:, that should find it.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

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