I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and clicked
Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click Save As, and
noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can not find the file. I
have tried this a few times, and get different directories listed, always
within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6, IE 6,
Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.


--
Patricia Kardon

When you opened the attached file it was put into one of many temporary
folders used to save pages you've visited and downloaded files. If you
remember the name of the file you saved your can use your computers search
feature to find it. You can get to search by using the start button and then
use search for files/folders folders setting.

Hope this helps.
--
AEA


"PMKardon" wrote:

I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and clicked
Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click Save As, and
noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can not find the file. I
have tried this a few times, and get different directories listed, always
within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6, IE 6,
Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.


--
Patricia Kardon

This experience illustrates why you should not open documents directly from
email messages. The file is opened and saved in a temporary hidden folder.
It *may* still be available.

Open the attachment with Word again and then File save as. Word will
attempt to save it in the same temporary folder. Don't save the file, but
instead locate that folder and see if the file is still present.

In future always save attachments to the hard drive *before* opening them.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


PMKardon wrote:
I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and
clicked Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click
Save As, and noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can
not find the file. I have tried this a few times, and get different
directories listed, always within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6,
IE 6, Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.

Open the original from the email, and do a SaveAs. That may default to the
same folder that you used the first time.





"PMKardon" wrote in message
...
I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and clicked
Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click Save As, and
noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can not find the
file. I
have tried this a few times, and get different directories listed, always
within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6, IE
6,
Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.


--
Patricia Kardon

I did try that, but could not find the document. Even searching through the
system and hidden files, I still can not find the document, or the temporary
directory (directory name that came up when I reopened the attachment and
clicked Save As).

Thanks for the suggestion, though.
--
Patricia Kardon


"AEA" wrote:

When you opened the attached file it was put into one of many temporary
folders used to save pages you've visited and downloaded files. If you
remember the name of the file you saved your can use your computers search
feature to find it. You can get to search by using the start button and then
use search for files/folders folders setting.

Hope this helps.
--
AEA


"PMKardon" wrote:

I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and clicked
Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click Save As, and
noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can not find the file. I
have tried this a few times, and get different directories listed, always
within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6, IE 6,
Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.


--
Patricia Kardon

I did try that, but could not find the saved document. I still have trouble
even locating the directory name that was shown, even when using Search
(including hidden and system files). I can find the parent directory. It has
several files, but no folders, even though the Save As shows a directory
within.

Thanks,
--
Patricia Kardon


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This experience illustrates why you should not open documents directly from
email messages. The file is opened and saved in a temporary hidden folder.
It *may* still be available.

Open the attachment with Word again and then File save as. Word will
attempt to save it in the same temporary folder. Don't save the file, but
instead locate that folder and see if the file is still present.

In future always save attachments to the hard drive *before* opening them.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


PMKardon wrote:
I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and
clicked Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click
Save As, and noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can
not find the file. I have tried this a few times, and get different
directories listed, always within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6,
IE 6, Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.

If when you attempt 'save as' the file is not in the folder that pops up,
then it is no longer available. If it is there, you could right click and
copy then move to a document folder and paste it.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


PMKardon wrote:
I did try that, but could not find the saved document. I still have
trouble even locating the directory name that was shown, even when
using Search (including hidden and system files). I can find the
parent directory. It has several files, but no folders, even though
the Save As shows a directory within.

Thanks,

This experience illustrates why you should not open documents
directly from email messages. The file is opened and saved in a
temporary hidden folder. It *may* still be available.

Open the attachment with Word again and then File save as. Word
will attempt to save it in the same temporary folder. Don't save the
file, but instead locate that folder and see if the file is still
present.

In future always save attachments to the hard drive *before* opening
them.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


PMKardon wrote:
I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and
clicked Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click
Save As, and noted the directory to which it was saved, but still
can not find the file. I have tried this a few times, and get
different directories listed, always within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express
6, IE 6, Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.

This is one reason, of many reasons, to not open attachments directly from
email. Save the attachment to a regular location from the email, then open
it from that location. It is saved in a temporary folder, which is probably
marked as a hidden system folder on your computer. Try opening it again from
Word, using SaveAs to save it to something in My Documents, and then you
should be able to find it.
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"PMKardon" wrote in message
...
I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and clicked
Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click Save As, and
noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can not find the
file. I
have tried this a few times, and get different directories listed, always
within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6, IE
6,
Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.


--
Patricia Kardon

The Temp folder in which you saved your document is just that, a temporary
folder. It gets cleaned out regularly by your operating system (or at least
it should.)
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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.


"PMKardon" wrote in message
...
I opened a Word document that was emailed to me. I modified it and clicked
Save. Now I can not find it. I tried to open it again, click Save As, and
noted the directory to which it was saved, but still can not find the
file. I
have tried this a few times, and get different directories listed, always
within a Contents.IE5 folder.

I know I saved it, but where can it be? I am using Outlook Express 6, IE
6,
Word 2003.

Thanks for any help.


--
Patricia Kardon