How do I retrieve a file from my Temporary Internet Folder?

Question

I opened a Microsoft Word file without saving to my Computer. I did some changes in that file and told to save in the last. Now I am searching for the file and I am unable to retrieve this file. Can you suggest me how I can retrieve that particular file. It is a very important file for me and I need to forward that file immediately. Can you please reply me immediately? Please treat this matter as Most Urgent.

Answer 1

When you open files that are sent to you as attachments, they are downloaded into a temporary file while you are working on it. Even if you hit Save, it is still saved in that temporary file and not permanently anywhere on your hard drive like you would if you created a new document. When you close Word, that temporary file goes away, as if you never dealt with it. When you open the file again, it starts over. So unfortunately it's gone. You can try to search for any files created within that time frame, but chances are that it's not going to show up anywhere.

You can always look at the most recently opened documents to see if it's somewhere - look under the File menu in Word or under Start-Documents (if your Start menu is configured to the Classic look). Or, you could do a search for all *.doc files on your hard drive. But as mentioned before, if you opened an attachment and saved work that way, it's most likely gone.

Your best bet is to use Save As... when you click on the link that opens the document (if that's an option) or IMMEDIATELY after Word opens up, and then save it somewhere that you'll know where it is. Otherwise, it won't save anywhere and you'll be in this cycle again.