can't find temporary file

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Hello,

I open an attachment in outlook, which is an excel spreadsheet . I make
some changes and just save it. By default it should go somewhere in the
subfolder of
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Personal\Temporary
Internet Files".

I tried to find the file in the next day, but it no longer exists, what
should I do, looks like the subfolders of
"C:\Documents and Settings\wli\My Documents\Personal\Temporary Internet
Files"

are all hidden, how can I display them all, or the best question to ask
is how I can I find the file again, as I couldn't find it from "Search"

Please help.
Thanks in advance. Your help would be grealy appreicated.
 
If it is an Excel spreadsheet, try doing a search using the .xls extension..
 
Hello,

I open an attachment in outlook, which is an excel spreadsheet . I make
some changes and just save it. By default it should go somewhere in the
subfolder of
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Personal\Temporary
Internet Files".

I tried to find the file in the next day, but it no longer exists, what
should I do, looks like the subfolders of
"C:\Documents and Settings\wli\My Documents\Personal\Temporary Internet
Files"

are all hidden, how can I display them all, or the best question to ask
is how I can I find the file again, as I couldn't find it from "Search"

Please help.
Thanks in advance. Your help would be grealy appreicated.
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It's possible it's in a hidden temp folder that you'll never find. it's
probably in a directory named OLK* (or something similar). try this: open
another e-mail with an attachment, open that attachment, and click on
File>Save as... You should be directed to the temp directory, and you might
be able to see your file. my experience with this has never been consistent,
but I found once that if i opened the e-mail and attachment in question, I
would overwrite the changed file currently in that temp dir, so try to use
another e-mail for this.

and in the future, save attachments first to a regular directory before
making changes to them.

steve.
 
I open an attachment in outlook, which is an excel spreadsheet . I make
some changes and just save it. By default it should go somewhere in the
subfolder of
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Personal\Temporary
Internet Files".

I tried to find the file in the next day, but it no longer exists, what
should I do, looks like the subfolders of
"C:\Documents and Settings\wli\My Documents\Personal\Temporary Internet
Files"
Click to expand...

That folder system is for use of Internet Explorer - it ought not to be
in use for email and attachments. I would expect Outlook to be using
your simple Personal\Temp folder - so look there. But it may have been
cleared out - that *is* Temporary storage

If you did get it into Temp Internet files that is a structured and
special setup. And the files in it are held in cryptic names that are
accessed by an index. Outlook might well have failed to handle this
structure, in which case it is a guess where the file ended up. You
really Ought to have done a Save As.

Try going to Control Panel - Internet Options, in the middle of main
page in Temp Internet Files click Settings, then click View Files. Take
View - Details and View - Arrange by - Type and see if you can see the
Excel file among all the HTM and so on; if so copy it out and
 
Alex said:
That folder system is for use of Internet Explorer - it ought not to
be in use for email and attachments. I would expect Outlook to be
using your simple Personal\Temp folder - so look there.
Click to expand...

Actually, Outlook 2002/2003 uses a subfolder of the IE temp folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296115

And yes, temp = temporary, and should not be used for saving files one cares
about. To the OP: When you want to save an attachment for modification,
either open it and immediately use "save as" to save the actual file to the
location of your choice, or just save the attachment directly to that folder
& then open it in the application. Do not expect that changes made to temp
copies of files will "stick around".
 
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