Re: How do I find an Excel spreadsheet opened as attachment in Outlook

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I'm not sure about Office 2000 but Office 2003 uses a folder in Temporary
Internet Folders (called OLK...) and not the normal Temp folder for
attachments.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Mary Sauer" <gsauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In the address bar of Windows Explorer, type %temp% , find any .tmp file
that may
> relate to Excel. Rename it from .tmp to .xls. Did you delete the email?
The
> attachment is still there if you haven't deleted the message. You may have
to start
> all over again.
>
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> "Irv K." <IrvK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8B86B180-AD1A-4E5B-977C-C1F6BEF22162@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Using Outlook 2000...I received an e-mail with an Excel spread*** as
an
> > attachment. I opened it and spent a great deal of time adding
information
> > before I closed it. I thought I had saved it. When I went back into
Excel and
> > tried to call up the file via the list of most recent files accessed, it
said
> > the file could not be found. I have spent a great deal of time searching
for
> > the file with no success. I did read that Outlook attachments are saved
in
> > the Temporary Internet Files when opened but I have not been able to get
to
> > it by looking in that area. How do I locate the file and will the
information
> > I added be incorporated in it? If I can't access the information there,
is
> > there another way to recover the data I entered in Excel? Any assistance
> > would be appreciated greatly.
>
>


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