Re: ~$
- From: "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:09:00 +0300
Rebooting should clear any temporary files. If you didn't save the document,
there is nothing to recover.
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susiq wrote:
> I have been reading the posts about how to get the original document
> back when Word makes a TMP file. I typed a document in word and my
> computer rebooted overnight, but my document did not save. It is
> quite lengthy and I will have to retype it if I cannot extract the
> original text. One post alluded to getting the document back, but it
> did not explain how. Can you help me?
>
> Gena Meeks
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> The only ones I've ever found to contain document content are the
>> ~$wrlxxxx.tmp files, each of which is a complete previous save.
>>
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>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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>>
>> "Russ" <Russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9E03159C-9F20-44DF-9DCA-617F38375E1F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> So is there no way to recover the original text from a tmp file
>>> named wrs or wrf? I am trying to recover a file I accidentally
>>> saved over.
>>>
>>> "Beth Melton" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm glad to hear you were able to recover the document. :-)
>>>>
>>>> More than likely you found ~wrd002.tmp in the same folder as the
>>>> document.
>>>>
>>>> Out of all the temp files Word creates, this is the only one
>>>> (~wrd*.tmp)
>> that you could recover all of the document content.
>>>>
>>>> Word creates this temp file Word when a document it saved. It
>> creates/writes the temp file in the document folder, deletes the
>> original, and moves the temp file to take the original's place.
>>>>
>>>> The other temp file, called the Owner file, (~$*.do?) is created
>>>> when
>> you open a previously saved document and all it contains is user
>> info.
>>>>
>>>> This file is used if you attempt to open the document a second
>>>> time,
>> such as in a network environment. If Word finds the Owner file then
>> you encounter a message along the lines of "Document in use by <User
>> Name>".
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~~
>>>> Beth Melton
>>>>
>>>> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "arhangelmihailo" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did it, I got me out of this problem. I can't believe it was so
>>>>> simple! :) Well, here it is. As we all know, there has to be a
>>>>> .tmp file that
>> Word makes, and thx God this is very useful in case of Word (or comp)
>> crashing. It is true that I only had to deal with 2 files:
>> ~$plan2004.doc and plan2004.doc. And there was no other .tmp file,
>> at frst sight. In fact, there was, but I had to dig it from the hard
>> (God knows where I found it!), and it was hidden attributed. And,
>> that is right, this file is named something like this ~wrd0002.tmp.
>> It is slightly different from original (formated adds were not the
>> same), but the content is untouched, and that is the most important.
>> The rest was very easy...formating the content...save as...and
>> that's it.
>>>>> Thx Everyone! Now, I can keep my job! ;)
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