Re: Lost Word file. Please HELP
From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 02/01/05
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:14:20 -0600
A big reason is this one, you lose Word files! General advice is for people
with dubious AV software implementation.
Yes, Word probably is influencing the location, since Word tends to be open
on my desktop 80% of the time.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "JeffG" <not_here@mail.com> wrote in message news:h62vv0ttvfiqqmtis6t16f9l5jsppbmvu7@4ax.com... > I've discouraged them from using Word as the email editor, so for the > most part none of the Word paths matter in my case. This > "discouragement" is for support reasons - why support two applications > for email when you only need one? Everything is easier to > troubleshoot when Word is turned off in Outlook. For the most part, > only the secretaries here use Word at all, we're definintely an > Excel-driven enterprise ;-) > > And my users insist on working within Outlook - and I can't blame > them, it's much easier to open a file (generally Excel) from a > coworker in Outlook (double-click to open the attachment), add your > revisions/changes, save the changes and mail it back. Well, it's > easier if you can find the file after you save it anyway. The default > seems to be to save into the "scratch folder" if you open it in > Outlook - maybe Word is influencing your Save option path? > > I'm not really sure why it's "never a good idea" to open an attachment > in Outlook? If your virus scan software has email hooks, what > difference does it make? What am I missing? > > -J > > _____________________ > > The only way I get to the scratch folder for Save As is to open a > document directly from Outlook which is never a good idea. If I > right-click on the attachment and save it, I am taken to the default > directory (or the folder I last saved something in if Word is open). > The same is true if I double-click on the attachment and choose the > Save option. > -- > > Charles Kenyon > > Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word > > Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of > Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide > > See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- > This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies > and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn > from my ignorance and your wisdom. > > "JeffG" <not_here@mail.com> wrote in message > news:1rsuv0taqja1n4utmnbvo10r5cjn5etk0d@4ax.com... >> I'd have to agree with you there - as the only end user tech support >> at my site (along with a hundred other duties), I'm constantly being >> asked where in the world files went when saved from Outlook since we >> upgraded to 2003 - and since they are in folders that MS has taken it >> upon themselves to restrict access to, it can be quite a mess. >> >> Do any of the Outlook guru's in the group know how (or if there is a >> way) to set the default "SAVE" location back to My Documents? >> Preferably a GPO or other sytem-level control - but I'd change every >> profile manually if I had to, compared to the amount of time >> retraining people that "EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO SAVE AN ATTACHMENT, YOU >> MUST USE 'SAVE AS'... >> >> And while we're on this topic, can someone explain if those temporary >> folders EVER get emptied, or are they always growing until they are >> manually cleared? If an end user doesn't have Internet Access (I've >> got plenty of those), do I still have to train them to clear the >> Internet cache to get rid of them? >> >> Just my two cents. Any answers would be worth much more than that... >> JeffG >> >> >> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 03:38:37 GMT, "Constantin" >> <constantin.polychronakos@mcgill.ca> wrote: >> >>>Thanks for the advice, I was able to retrieve the file, thank heavens! >>> >>>With Save As I was able to find the file in a subfolder of Temporary >>>Internet Files, named with a non-sense combinations of letters. However, >>>when I tried to access this subfolder, it was nowhere to be seen, even >>>though I asked for hidden files and folders to be visible (I was logged >>>on >>>with administrative privileges). I don't know what I was doing wrong. >>> >>>Your second piece of advice worked better. After checking Search Hidden >>>Files, my search came up with a Recent shortcut. The actual file was >>>still >>>not found by the Search. Using the shortcut, though, I was able to open >>>the >>>file. I don't know what the Microsoft people are thinking, depriving my >>>of >>>access to my own files! >>> >>>Anyway, thanks a million >>> >>>Constantin >>> >>> >>>"Neal" <neal_@_ap0yar_dot_co_dot_nz> wrote in message >>>news:eh19cq0BFHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >>>> Find an email with a Word doc attached. Open the attachment. Go to >>>> File, >>>> Save As... >>>> >>>> Look at the location it uses. Bet your doc is in there. >>>> >>>> Also, you can use Start, Find Files (or Search) and look for *.doc. >>>> You >>>> may need to change the search options to, but you'll find it. >>>> >>>> (-: >>>> >>>> "Constantin" <constantin.polychronakos@mcgill.ca> wrote in message >>>> news:7LhLd.8064$6f.7991@charlie.risq.qc.ca... >>>>>I opened a Word .doc file that had been attached to an e-mail. I >>>>>worked >>>>>several hours on the file, prudently saving it from time to time. I did >>>>>not save it under a different name, I just clicked on File>Save. >>>>> >>>>> At the end of a long day of back-breaking work, I closed Word. The >>>>> next >>>>> day I try to open the file but Word doesn't seem to remember it. It is >>>>> not in the list of recently used files. I search My Documents to no >>>>> avail. I go to the original e-mail, but the attachment is still the >>>>> original version, without any of my additions. What is going on? It >>>>> seems >>>>> like I lost a day's hard work. >>>>> >>>>> Is there any way to retrieve this file? I kept saving it and Word went >>>>> through the motions of saving. It must be somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for the dumb question. I can't bear the thought of re-doing the >>>>> whole thing. >>>>> >>>>> Constantin >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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