Excel files disappearing

[FR]

I am using Vista, with Office 2007 Home.

Over the last week, I have had 2 excel files disappear. I know I didn't
delete them, they both had important data. I have not recently created the
files, they have both been created about a year ago, and are regularly used
and updated. There has never been a problem with the files before.

They show up in the recent items list, but as an orphan link (says the file
has been moved or deleted) in both recent documents and excel.

They are not in the recycle bin, or found in any searches even by date and I
have done a variety of searches from the explorer and the command prompt and
they are nowhere to be found.

Other people on the net appear to have had this problem with Excel files,
but there does not seem to be a solution to recover them.

Can anyone help ? Thank you !

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I am using Vista, with Office 2007 Home.

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Other people on the net appear to have had this problem with Excel files,
but there does not seem to be a solution to recover them.

Can anyone help ? Thank you !

You're asking on a XL for Macintosh newsgroup (i.e., the ".mac." in
"microsoft.public.mac.office.excel") You'd probably have better luck in

microsoft.public.excel.misc

though it really sounds more like there's something going on related to
Windows, not XL.

 

[CyberTaz]

Have you tried using Vista's Restore Files from Shadow Copies? Do you have
backup's of those that are "missing"? You might try asking in one of the
Vista groups... Like John said, it's unlikely that Excel has "eaten" the
files. Just like in the Mac OS, Windows apps don't do any file management ‹
that's all handled by the OS itself.

Good Luck |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[FR]

Thanks, to both posts. I will try on the Vista group (and the shadow copies
restore).