Did I lose my Word document for good?

[fr]

I opened a Word document that was attached to an Outlook e-mail yesterday. I made numerous changes to it and used the quick save icon on the toolbar. Now when I need it, I realize it did not save it in my usual documents folder, but instead at the temporary location when opened from Outlook. I cannot find it at all.

I opened the attachment again and it opens in a folder like \Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FD9SD0. However, I am not able to see the Content.IE5 folder in Windows explorer even though I choose for nothing to be hidden in the folder options. I searched the Temporary Internet Files folder and all subfolders and I cannot find the updated file I saved.

 

[fr]

I tried searching for *.doc on my computer and it's not there. I forgot to mention I have rebooted my computer a couple times since yesterday, but I'm not sure if any temporary files are deleted after each reboot.

 

[LiLithTecH]

If you have WORD as your default mail editor Outlook will open the *.tmp in
your <USER DIRECTORY> \ LOCAL SETTINGS \ TEMP directory.
(that is for WinME - 2k - XP)

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: fr
I tried searching for *.doc on my computer and it's not there. I forgot to mention I have rebooted my computer a couple times since yesterday, but I'm not sure if any temporary files are deleted after each reboot.

Did you include hidden files in your search? If not, doing so may help.