Thanks keep it cool, I stumbled on this just before I saw your post.

This is bizzarre!!!

I just opened an email with an attachement. I dbl cliked on the
attachement, opened the file, made some changes and got ready to save. When
I saved it, it was in a folder named OLK22.

When the window opened I saw my file!!! Yipee Yahoo!! I won't have to redo
everything.

I knew that this folder existed and that I might possibly have saved the
file there. But yesterday when I was frantically searching, I thought that
when I did the search it would search this folder too.

Does anyone know how this folder may have gotten missed in the search?

Thanks again.

"keepITcool" wrote:

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> if you open a xls file directly from outlook or IE..
> it is stored in internet temp directory...
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> if you clean up the internet files ..
> (maybe a privacy tool you use..)
>
> oops... your xls is gone!
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> keepITcool
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> boyshanks wrote :
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> > Julie and Dave---
> >
> > Thanks so much for your suggestions. Before I posted I had run virus
> > scan, and also searched every folder for items modified since ____
> > and words contained in the file. Since the file has names in it, I
> > picked an odd name and searched on that--nothing.
> >
> > I am not on a network and what is even more bizzarre, is the file
> > does not even exist in it's original form; it is like the file never
> > ever existed.
> >
> > Thanks again, I just went ahead and redid the work--- AAArrrggghhh!
> >
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> >
> > > Use windows start button|search
> > > to look for all *.xls
> > > then sort by last modified date.
> > >
> > > Or look for stuff
> > > to see if you didn't name the file correctly.
> > >
> > > Heck, you could use the advanced search options to look for files
> > > that were updated "last night".
> > >
> > > remember to look through hidden folders for hidden files, too.
> > >
> > > boyshanks wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours
> > > > working on an Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.
> > > >
> > > > I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I
> > > > opened original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as
> > > > again as stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.
> > > >
> > > > Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be
> > > > found!!!!! I have done a search, for any file modified since
> > > > Thurs and nothing has appeared. I have checked the recycle bin,
> > > > this did not go into auto recover nothing of the like. I am just
> > > > traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like this happen
> > > > before.
> > > >
> > > > I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I
> > > > know that I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once
> > > > and I can't even find an Excel file that has been modified since
> > > > Thurs!!!
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file??
> > > > BTW, I have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor,
> > > > all with no success.
> > > >
> > > > I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any
> > > > help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance---
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dave Peterson
> > >
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