Re: Recovering from temp directory
From: Beth Melton (bmelton_at_NoSpam4Memvps.org)
Date: 02/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:54:13 -0600
I'm not disagreeing with you, but you ~do~ have a warning. The prompt
that displays when you open a file attachment from an email that asks
if you want to "Open it" or "Save it to disk". Save it to disk means
'save it to your computer'.
Many have turned the 'Always ask before opening this type of file'
option off and the dialog does not display simply because they don't
want to have to take the time to actually think about what they are
doing.
So let's suppose Microsoft created a message when opening a document
from an email along the lines of: "Changes made to this document will
not be permanent. Do wish to save this document to your local drive?".
Here's what would happen:
- Users would complain they have to click another button and would
like to see the message suppressed.
- Even after answering "No" folks would still post in the newsgroups
asking how to recover the file.
So how do they make everyone happy? They incorporate a dialog box with
two choices: Open it and Save it to disk. And they include an option
to turn to the dialog box off.
The bug I was referring to lies in automatically overwriting the file
in the Temp folder without warning. There should be a prompt in this
scenario.
-- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "nukenteach" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3FD5330A-3A5D-4519-AAA9-804146FCEE9E@microsoft.com... > I tried searching from Word and from Windows and didn't find it. > > This is an APPALLING way fo rany software to operate. And if I'm not mistaken, it's not just Word, it's any Office app. Yes, I can configure Word (and others) to create backups, etc., but how dare Microsoft have the default that allows this to happen. It's a famous problem, and I'm astounded they haven't figured out how to keep this from happening! > > Warning: you are saving to a temporary directory that will disappear when this application is closed; do you want to save to a different location. HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO TELL SOMEONE THIS? > > AAAAARRRRGH!!!!!
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