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Lost saved changes
I've lost saved work! I was working on an important set of essays
last night, saving repeated times, and went to bed without closing the Word program. The power went out, and in the morning I had to turn my computer on again because it was turned off. I've opened up the document again, only to find the original version of the document I started from, alongside multiple transparent files with names like ~WRL2479.tmp and I am unable to put the two together. I know Microsoft Word creates a "ghost-like" temporary file each time an open document is saved, but I don't know how to manually make use of it. Is there a way to open up the AutoRecover sidebar to decode these temporary files? I've succeeded in opening them up in Notepad, but all there is is a bunch of symbols and the original writing. I need to resurrect the changes! |
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If you have *saved* several times, the last saved version will be on your
hard drive. However there is no autosave function in Word and the autorecover is hit and miss, especially with older Word versions than 2003. The temporary files do not necessarily hold a copy of the document. They are merely Word's working files. When you have satisfied yourself that there is nothing to be gleaned from these files, see http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm You might like to investigate Windows hibernation to save leaving your PC on overnight with unsaved work! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org chokletghost wrote: I've lost saved work! I was working on an important set of essays last night, saving repeated times, and went to bed without closing the Word program. The power went out, and in the morning I had to turn my computer on again because it was turned off. I've opened up the document again, only to find the original version of the document I started from, alongside multiple transparent files with names like ~WRL2479.tmp and I am unable to put the two together. I know Microsoft Word creates a "ghost-like" temporary file each time an open document is saved, but I don't know how to manually make use of it. Is there a way to open up the AutoRecover sidebar to decode these temporary files? I've succeeded in opening them up in Notepad, but all there is is a bunch of symbols and the original writing. I need to resurrect the changes! |
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To add to what Graham said, if you perhaps opened the essays directly from
an email attachment, edited, and saved, you were saving them in a temp folder, from which they would be deleted when you quit Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "chokletghost" wrote in message oups.com... I've lost saved work! I was working on an important set of essays last night, saving repeated times, and went to bed without closing the Word program. The power went out, and in the morning I had to turn my computer on again because it was turned off. I've opened up the document again, only to find the original version of the document I started from, alongside multiple transparent files with names like ~WRL2479.tmp and I am unable to put the two together. I know Microsoft Word creates a "ghost-like" temporary file each time an open document is saved, but I don't know how to manually make use of it. Is there a way to open up the AutoRecover sidebar to decode these temporary files? I've succeeded in opening them up in Notepad, but all there is is a bunch of symbols and the original writing. I need to resurrect the changes! |
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Thank you very much!! I somehow got the temporary file to open...
however, the changes are lost. I'll follow the advice on the helpful web page you gave me from now on. Mahalo nui loa! |
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