Undelting a file deleted in excel

[schroedercpa]

how do i undelte a file deleted in excel? I can't seem to find it in my
recylce bin. I went to file open, selected a file, right clicked and clicked
delete.

 

[Dave Peterson]

What version of excel are you using?

In xl2003, when I deleted a file from within the File|Open dialog, it went to
the recycle bin.

But if I recall correctly, this "feature" was added (I don't recall when).

But if you don't see the deleted file in the recycle bin, do you have a backup
elsewhere?

 

[Mike]

Pray it wasn't valuable to you or that your system is backed up otherwise
start re-creating it manually. It's lost if it wasn't backed up. Alcohol
sometimes helps at times like this.

 

[SteveW]

Alcohol sometimes causes problems like this

Backup, or even just do a save as original-filename-backup.xls
followed by a quick save as original-filename.xls

Do it now with any other important files


Steve

 

[Mike Rogers]

schroedercpa

It works like it should for me, this feature is in 2k and mine did go to the
recycle bin also.


Mike Rogers

 

[schroedercpa]

Thanks Dave,

I'm using 2003 Service pack 2. Unfortunately, the file I deleted was on a
different network computer (not on my hard drive). It's no problem to
recreate but I was just curious where the files go that get deleted thru the
File/Open dialog.

Marilynn

 

[Dave Peterson]

If I recall correctly, deleting a file on a network drive won't hit the recycle
bin--even in windows explorer. (Same with a floppy, too???)

If those deleted files are on a local harddrive, they'll go into the recycle
bin.

If they're not, they're deleted -- gone forever in the great unknown!

(Kind of like hitting shift-delete key when deleting in Windows Explorer.)

 

[SteveW]

Just remember that even local hard drives can opt out of using the recycle
bin.

Always test, by creating a copy, deleting it and trying to restore it.


Steve

 

[hareshuk]

Be nice to your network administrator and see what he/she can do for
you
Regards