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

Question

I have windows 7. 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

If 7 is similar to XP it should be in the Downloads folder in My Documents

Answer 3

once you open a observe attachment from gmail it is going into your "non everlasting internet records" folder. in case you do no longer save it someplace else (document/save as...) then it continues to be there once you save it. you will locate your "non everlasting internet records" on your person profile folder - its buried particularly deep - or circulate to kit>ideas in internet Explorer and use the Settings button below surfing history to get to the settings field and then click "view records". solid luck.