Re: Lost document When I Changed Its Name Please Help!

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From: June (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:23:55 -0800

Hi Beth, Thanks for writing back. You are talking to
the world's greatest idiot. I am so upset. Yes, I saved
the document with its original name, Chapter 1. And I
finally got back. Two problems: I discovered that I
had to remove the CD from the "burn" slot and put it into
the upper slot that allows me to install programs, etc.
I had no idea I had to do this. Even then, I had to play
with it for an hour, but it finally opened the doc as a
Wordpad.

I was so happy, until I discovered that Chapter 2 is now
gone. I don't know how, since I was not using it at
all! But, when I open the Chapter 2 file, chapter 1 is
there instead! Therefore, I have two documents
containing Chapter 1, with one marked correctly and the
other incorrectly. I've tried everthing I know. The
document is not on the CD; nothing shows up there. I
used Explorer and asked it to search "All files and
Folders." Then, after two hours, another Chapter 2 doc
showed up in My Documents, but I cannot open it. It
says "The name or path is not valid" and I should check
File Permission(?) or use the File Open dialog Box
c:/.../name. I do not know where File Permission is. I
tried the dialog box many times. (I don't have a back
slash, just a forward slash...does that make a
difference?)

One more thing: "My Documents" is now filled with grayed
out docs, "Back Up" docs and many others I don't
recognize; (all versions of the book's chapters, yet I
only worked with Chapter 1.) There are about 60 of
them. I've been up all night again and I'm just about
frantic now. Many, many thanks for your help.

That's when I got that little icon that said I wouldn't
be able to read the file if i changed its name. I
foolishly went ahead, thinking that was simply the
process for burning a CD and that I would be able
to "read" when the CD opened it.

I have tried using Notepad, Word, Wordpad and nothing
works. TThe most serious problem is that My Documents
shows the correct file, but when i open it, it is Chapter
2, not chaper 1! I cannot understand how this could
happen, as I had no need to use Chapter 2. I must have
clicked it incorrectly, but
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi June,
>
>Did you save the Word documents on your local drive
before burning
>them to the CD?
>
>If so, then the documents are not stored in Word, but
rather on your
>local drive. I suspect since you are using the File/Open
or File/Save
>As dialog box to view the files in your folders you may
be seeing only
>those with a file extension associated with Word. Make
sure the Files
>of Type drop down reflects "All files" and not Word
documents. If you
>still can not find it then use Windows Search and search
for part of
>the file name. Renaming a file does not cause it to
corrupt or
>disappear so I'd say it's still there.
>
>The files you see with a ~$ in front of them are called
Owner files.
>This temp file is created when you open a document and
is used to
>prevent others from accessing the file if you have it
open. They will
>encounter a "File is in use by <UserName>" message. Of
course this
>aspect is utilized more in a shared environment.
>
>Any temp file can be deleted, provided it is not in use,
and typically
>if it is in use you will be notified and the file will
be protected
>from deletion. Deleting an Owner temp file may not
trigger the
>notification but I've found even if it is deleted no
harm is done. So
>far anyway, this is based strictly on my own
observations and tests.
>If in doubt, if the file isn't open then it's safe to
delete them when
>you find them.
>
>--
>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/
>
>
>"June" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:126501c4e606$79685750$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thank so much for responding so quickly! No, I did not
>> rename the document in Windows Explorer. I renamed it
>> in Word,just before I was going to burn it. I tried
your
>> advice and used the file name plus the extension .doc,
>> but it didn't show up in Word or in Explorer. The
>> versiion I re-named was not the grayed out one with the
>> sqiggley "dollar sign"--I'm pretty sure it was the
>> original. But I could be wrong. Is that what happens
if
>> you touch the grayed out ones (what do you call them?)
>> In fact, all the chapters have a duplicate entry that
is
>> grayed out with this little sign. What are they for?
>>
>> The document I need is still in Word, again, all grayed
>> out with the squiggly mark. The document also shows up
>> on the CD, so is there anything else I can do to
retrieve
>> it? I do not know how to transfer a document from a CD
>> back to my hard drive, but even if I did, how do I
>> convert it to be read? I'll sit by the computer in
case
>> you are still available for help. Thanks so very much.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>If you renamed the file in an Exploring window, such as
>> My Computer,
>>>and if you are viewing file extensions you need to add
>> the file
>>>extension when you rename the file.
>>>
>>>The message you encountered was telling you that you
may
>> not be able
>>>to open it by double-clicking in an Exploring window.
>> You should still
>>>be able to start Word and use File/Open to open it.
When
>> you open a
>>>file outside an application Windows uses the file
>> extension to
>>>determine which application it needs to start in order
>> to open a file.
>>>So if the file extension is incorrect or missing in the
>> file name
>>>Windows will not know how to open the file correctly.
>>>
>>>In this case, you should be able to rename the file on
>> your local
>>>drive and add a ".doc" (without the quotes) at the end
>> to re-associate
>>>it with Word again.
>>>
>>>Additionally, I wonder if you tried renaming and
burning
>> the wrong
>>>file to your CD. "Preferred Customer" suggests you may
>> have used a
>>>temporary file that contains only user information. Did
>> the file name
>>>happen to be something like: ~$FileName.doc? If so then
>> your original
>>>document should still be in the folder it was saved in.
>>>
>>>--
>>>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/
>>>
>>>
>>>"June" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:0cb101c4e5e2$0b893ed0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> This is very serious, so I'd appreciate any help.
Two
>>>> problems:
>>>>
>>>> 1) I changed the name of a Word 2002 document,
>> something
>>>> I have done before with no trouble. This time, a
>> little
>>>> icon came up (notepad?)(a tiny rectangle with red and
>>>> blue dots) and it said if I changed the name, I would
>> not
>>>> be able to read it. By accident, I allowed the name
>>>> change.
>>>>
>>>> 2) I tried to burn the document to a high speed hp
CD-
>> R
>>>> using my brand new Roxio Creator 7 program which
I've
>>>> never used before. I hoped that the document would
>>>> appear and I could then read it. Nope. It shows up
in
>>>> the Roxio program, but I cannot convert it back to
>> Word,
>>>> nor can I read it from Roxio. The screen directed me
>> to
>>>> install a Works CD to read the doc. I did. All I
got
>>>> were dashes and the words "Preferred Customer." This
>>>> document must get to a printer today! Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>
>.
>

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