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I opened an Outlook
attachment and made changes. Now I can't find that file! |
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Microsoft appears to have got on top of this problem with Office 2007.
Edited attachments from Outlook 2007
when saved, are saved in the "My Documents" folder by default. For other
versions ...... |
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Never open Word documents directly from Outlook attachments.
There's a small increased risk of virus
infection, but more significantly any changes you make to the document
are saved in a volatile temporary file and are lost when you close the
document.
If that is all you have done and have not re-opened the
file from the attachment, it may be possible to recover the
changed file from the temporary file location.
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If you have not already done so, set Windows Explorer to
display hidden files and folders from its Tools > Folder Options >
View menu:
From the Windows > Start > Run dialog - type "%Temp%" and
press Enter |
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This will
open an Explorer Window into your user temporary file area of Windows:
In the left
window click "LOCALS~1 which will open another Explorer Window:
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You can then open the document from Word. It the document
does not appear in the folder in the above illustration, or if you have
opened it again from the attachment and saved it any changes you
originally made to it are lost. |
