EMERGENCY: Lost a saved Word document opened from Outlook

[fizmeister]

My brother was writing a major grade paper (he jsut called me) and he had sent it as a first draft to himself so he can open it on a nother computer. Well, he opened it from the e-mail in Outlook, started writing it, and kept hitting ctrl+s (it was saving, apparently). However, he has no idea where it saved and he's freaking out. Is there a temporary folder that Outlook hides this stuff in?

 

[Heisenberg]

Search the HD for *.doc files.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Well, does he know the file name? If so, just search for the file name and copy it from wherever it is to a known folder.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Well, does he know the file name? If so, just search for the file name and copy it from wherever it is to a known folder.

just search for all files that originated today, then sort by date/time

 

[loup garou]

He should be able to open it from the email he sent himself with the changes intact, then save it to another location.

 

[Warthog912]

just search for all files that originated today, then sort by date/time

That's prolly the best way to do it.

Search the HD for *.doc files.

Right, but if he's like me and has 6+ years of .doc files built up, it could become tedious-

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

I'd say it should be somewhere in his temp files in c:/documents and settings/username

Thats where all my files go when I open them through outlook or even view sources of webpages. GL finding it.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Is there a shortcut to it in Start -->Documents? Windows makes a shortcut to any files you've worked with recently there.

 

[KLin]

I've seen this before. If he saved his changes in word, but didn't save the email that he opened the file out of, then the changes are lost. When you close the e-mail, it asks if you want to save changes, if you don't, all changes are lost on the attached file.

 

[fizmeister]

We finally found it (doing it over the phone is so hard). It took awhile longer because I have a linux machine and no windows, but we managed to find it buried in a hidden folder (Content.IE5/someoddcharacters) in the Local Settings under Documents and Settings.

Thanks for the help.