how can i recover a document saved to a unknown location

[Please help me]

i received a word document via an email attachment. I opened the document in
Word 2007 (compatibility mode) and began modifying it. Every few minutes I
clicked the Save icon (Not, the Save as... feature selection) My last act was
to click the save icon, and close file. I immediately realized that I hadn't
specified a file location for the save and tried to recover it, but no luck .
I returned to the email and reopened the original file to start the 4 hour
job over again, and it opened as "original file name" (2) so, my first
modified file must be located somewhere on this computer. Can anyone help
me??? Please...

 

[grammatim]

Probably not.

You generally can't work on a document opened from an email; save it
to your hard drive first.

 

[Please help me]

thanks for your support. let me just ask this, when the attachment was
opened, it generated the opening of Word. As I modified the document multiple
times over several hours, and clicked SAVE several time during this
period....why doesn't the doc save? Moreover, why doesn't a warning say the
document can't be saved to its current location? And, when I reopened the
attachment, why did it list the doc as (2)? The document must be somewhere on
the desktop, no???

 

[grammatim]

See the responses to your identical question in another thread. I
imagine the part of Word that keeps track of the names of documents
that have been opened during your current session is different from
the part of Word that deals with saving them.

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

It did save it, but to a temp folder that, depending on your system setup,
may have been deleted, encrypted, or given a name. The more secure the
system, the harder they are to find. These temp folders are usually hidden,
which means that a Windows search won't find them unless you tell it to
search hidden files and folders. But you can try this: Open the attachment
and then do a save as. That should put you in the folder where the mail
program saves such files. Look for your missing file. (Change the view to
details so you can sort by date, if that will help). If you find it, write
down the full path all the way back to C:. Close the save dialog and then
use Windows Explorer to get back to the folder. Open your file and then save
it to an appropriate location.

Note that I do not use Outlook 2003/7, which may do things differently. This
method has always worked on my PCs, but only about 80% of the time on
corporate systems I use. It works for files saved using many different mail
programs and document management systems, including Web Outlook, MS
SharePoint, and my browser and internet mail programs. If your company does
not allow you to access system files, ask your IT people to get the file for
you.

PamC

thanks for your support. let me just ask this, when the attachment was
opened, it generated the opening of Word. As I modified the document multiple
times over several hours, and clicked SAVE several time during this
period....why doesn't the doc save? Moreover, why doesn't a warning say the
document can't be saved to its current location? And, when I reopened the
attachment, why did it list the doc as (2)? The document must be somewhere on
the desktop, no???

Probably not.

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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

It did save it, but to a temp folder that, depending on your system setup,
may have been deleted, encrypted, or ...

That should have read

...given an obscure name.

 

[Please help me]

thank you so much...

That should have read

...given an obscure name.

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

You're welcome.

I stumbled across the following method today. It sounds easier than my time
tested way (I've been making that mistake two or three times a year, for
years). It's by Herb Tyson one of the MVPs:

http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/...ly-saved-after-double-clicking-an-attachment/


HTH,
PamC