Windows 7, Windows Live Mail and Word 2007 question:

[cwzkevin]

Windows 7, Windows Live Mail and Word 2007 question: Where is my saved doc file?

I have one problem today:

Using Windows live mail with hotmail account in my windows 7. Get an email from my colleague, there is a doc file as an attachment. I open it by double click the attachment directly. It opens Word 2007. I do some editing in it. During the next couple hours, I click "save" from time to time. At the end, I click "save" the last time and close Word 2007.

Next, I was shocked.

My purpose is to reply my colleague's email with my input in the document as a new attachment. Now, since I close Word already, I can't find the doc file anywhere in my windows 7. Not even in Word 20007's "Recent Documents".

Do you have any idea where this doc file is?

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

 

[dnorris]

You should always save the attachment to a folder first, then open it from there if you wish to edit it, or use the "Save As".

The file is probably located in a folder somewhere in
C:\Users\(youraccount)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\

"\AppData" is normally hidden
"\Temporary Internet Files" is normally a hidden protected Operating System
file

You'll have to remove the checkmark (if they're hidden) in Windows Explorer:
Organize - Folder & Search Options - View

good luck in finding it...

 

[cwzkevin]

Thanks dnorris. The file is not in the C:\Users\(myaccount)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\ folder. I list all files in there by "type", "Last Modified", "Last Accessed" and "Last Checked". It is not there.

Thanks! Any thought?