PLEASE HELP!!! OPENED AND EDITED WORD DOCUMENT FROM GMAIL. SAVED & CLOSED IT NOW I CAN'T FIND IT!!!?

Question

I Was working on a document all night. I downloaded it from Gmail. When I wanted to close it it asked me if i wanted to save it I said yes. Now this morning, I can't find ANYWHERE. Word didn't offer a recent documents recover, I can't find it in the temp files, Its not in the recycle bin, It's not in the gmail documents, Nor is it opening when I open the document again.

PLEASE HELP! THIS WAS 62 PAGES, AM SO DESPERATE!!! I WILL BE SOOOOO GRATEFUL :(

Answer 1

Editing a document right out of an email is a dangerous practice. Often the file that gets opened in Word is a temporary one and disappears totally when Word closes, so Saves to it are useless (Save As's to a different file are OK, but it's often hard to remember to do that.)



It's usually better to save the file out of the email first, then open the saved file and work on it.



The good news is that the original copy is probably still attached to the email.



All that being said, there's a slim possibility your file still exists in your temp directory. (Thunderbird in particular seems to be doing this now -- or perhaps it's Word itself.)



In Windows XP:



C:\Documents and settings\your username\Local settings\temp



In Windows Vista:



C:\Users\your username\AppData\Local\temp



Don't be fooled by files that look almost like it: Word also creates some temporary files that are useless to you.



Good luck.

Answer 2

When you open a word attachment from gmail it goes into your "temporary internet files" folder.



If you don't save it somewhere else (File/Save as...) then it stays there when you save it.



You can find your "temporary internet files" in your personal profile folder - its buried quite deep - or go to tools>options in Internet Explorer and use the Settings button under Browsing History to get to the settings box and then click "view files".



Good luck.

Answer 3

Open word and click the office button. On the right side of what pops up should be a recent documents cache. Hopefully it will be there.



Good luck, have fun.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

there can be many possibility for this kind of thing...search for the document using the window search....u may have by mistake changed the document property to hidden so you are not getting it....change your hidden file and folders setting.....

Answer 6

i dont know it looks like u have search everywhere try using the search thing at the bottom of the start bar in vista in xp use search in windows explorer



hope you find it