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Mephiztopheles1
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
1124 Posts
July 24 2012 20:26 GMT
#1
Hi TL,

I'm in urgent need of help. Sort of. Really.
I just pulled one of those 'Work on something 6 hours, save and then dont find your file' kind of screw up. Normally I wouldn't freak out if this were in my computer as I'd take the time to look for the file (a .docx). However I'm at uni and it's going to close in 100 minutes and the tech support is long gone. Now, what happened is that I opened a file from gmail (that I had previously sent myself), worked on it in Word (2010 version if it affects anything) and saved continuously until I decided to head home. I saved, closed and poof! I went to temporary explorer (uni's default and only web browser) folder and couldn't find anything.

However, I downloaded another word document from gmail, did the same thing but I did not close it. This document appears to be residing at an address like this: C:\Users\[mylastname]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\OPR51UZ7

I am keeping a little hope the other document (the important one) is in a similar folder. However, I have no idea if it is and if so, how the hell gain access to it. How can I take a look at these temporary folders to see if my document is still there?

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HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1258 Posts
July 24 2012 20:31 GMT
#2
Not sure how their temp folders are set up, so what I'd do is just download another (or the same) file from your email, and go to save it. That should show you where the default temp folder is and that should be where your other document is. Just open it from there.
Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25551 Posts
July 24 2012 21:08 GMT
#3
Try opening Microsoft Word and going to Open Recent if your version has that option.
Another option is, if it's in the start menu and you have windows 7, it should have a little arrow on the right side of it, which lets you see what was opened in it recently.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Shady Sands
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4021 Posts
July 24 2012 21:55 GMT
#4
Make sure to check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected system files" in Folder Options.

Your Word document should be in a temporary folder in the following location:

C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Substitute Owner for your username (computer).

Run a search on your computer and paste the above location into the Search path, or browse to it, along with the name of your Word document.
Что?
Shady Sands
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4021 Posts
July 24 2012 21:57 GMT
#5
Use the timestamp of when you saved the file to find the right folder, since the folder names will be randomly generated. E.g. if you saved your file at 10PM, search in the folder whose "last modified" time matches the closest to that. Good luck!
Что?
Mephiztopheles1
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
1124 Posts
July 24 2012 22:25 GMT
#6
Did all of the above and managed to find the file. Sadly it said it was corrupted and couldn't manage to fix it before they shut down the computers.

Well, thank you for your comments and help anyway
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 24 2012 23:54 GMT
#7
Dang. Them Zerg have won again. Infested Terran Computer Database.
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