I don't know whats up with my pc, can you help?

Question

Whenever i save a file i can't find it anywhere, even when i make new folders when i go back to try and open them they're not there. The only way i can access te files that i have saved is by going to my recent documents, so does anyone know what might be up with my pc?

Answer 1

I had that problem before, when it happened to me I found out that I had 2 My Documents, one in C:/ and one where the normal one was, so when you save anything, go to the desktop first, then go into mydocuments on there and save in there...
hope that helps.

Answer 2

If you do a search for any of the files via the Start Menu, Search, All files and folders, that will tell you the path to where your PC is storing your documents (make sure you have detail view selected). This can then be changed - post another question with this path, and I'll help you again.


PS Zack, you are a sad person

Answer 3

It puts things in My Documents unless you save it where you want it






if you do not see option "save to" than your files might be saved in "my documents" folder
thats all what comes to my mind

check also where is stored the file that you have saved.

go to Start - Documents - and than on the first better file, click PREFERENCES in preferences it will show you TARGET and here is name of the folder it is in.






search. if you have xp pro theres a search option on the start menu





I guess your pc is fine. You could try and enroll in a basic course at your local school / job centre, usually for free, or a very small fee

Answer 4

Along the same lines as another answer, I've found sometimes that there have been two folders with the same name but are in different places on the hard drive, confused the hell out of me when I couldn't see my files where I thought they were! Just be sure you follow the complete path where you save your files to, easiest thing is to place a folder on your desktop and make sure you're saving to that folder on YOUR desktop (if there are other user accounts on the system).

Answer 5

if you do not see option "save to" than your files might be saved in "my documents" folder
thats all what comes to my mind

check also where is stored the file that you have saved.

go to Start - Documents - and than on the first better file, click PREFERENCES in preferences it will show you TARGET and here is name of the folder it is in.

Answer 6

go to start, search.....type in the name of the file you lost. it should find it for you and give you the file path or location if you will on the hard drive. also, what ever program you are saving your work from, such as word will store saved files in the word saved folder. you should also be able to specify where you want to save your files. i send everything to the my documents folder

Answer 7

When you go to my recent documents, right click and this will give you the address to which the computer has sent the file.

Answer 8

your my documents is a 2 section thing.

the one that you click on the desktop is basically a shortcut to a place you specify. i run a fileserver on my home network, so i have mapped network drives and each user's my documents is S:\

however, some programs just simply don't save via my documents and goto the original directory which is

C:\Documents and Settings\[YourUserNameHere]\My Documents

for example... mine would be

C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Documents
you can also follow it by clicking on my computer, c drive, documents and settings, your username and then on my documents.

if that dont help then i am Buggered to what will do it.

good luck

john x x

Answer 9

Tigger,
I think you need a friend, a computer savy friend,
maybe Christopher Robin, Kanga, or maybe Roo
to look over your sholder to see what is happening
when you make a new folder.

Either you aren't making the new folder right.
Or after you make it, you lose it, made it
somewhere different than you thought.
You lost it!!
Or your computer has a problem.
Bother!!

So Tigger, bounce your cute tail over to a friends
and ask sweetly a favor to help you.
Provide friend w/ food and drink and much praise,
-- after problem solved.
Good Luck,

Answer 10

I believe you didn't save your document to the location that you want.
follow my instruction:
1) Click file and then "save as"
2) when you click "save as" you will see a dialog box.
3) On the dialog box you will see "Save In"
4) On the "save in" tab click the drop list and then choose the location where you want to save the files.
For Example: you want to save your files to C:\, just click on C:\ and then save.