elliegirl12
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OMG i have just spent the whole day on my assignment and have clicked on save thought it was saved and closed it and now i cannot find it again ahhh im soo angry with myself
im such a idiot :(
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ribena73
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Oops
- you could try reopening word and seeing if its saved a copy, sometimes it does that
*hic*
village idiot :D
*puts head in hands and sighs*
Have you got your software set to do regular timed backups? or version control? If so check where it's saving those files to.
If not I'm afraid it's a crap time to learn it but if you are doing an important piece of work you MUST make sure you have autosave, or whatever your program calls it, set up.
Did they not teach you that in IT at school?
Have you got your software set to do regular timed backups? or version control? If so check where it's saving those files to.
If not I'm afraid it's a crap time to learn it but if you are doing an important piece of work you MUST make sure you have autosave, or whatever your program calls it, set up.
Did they not teach you that in IT at school?
elliegirl12
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tried it hasnt saved .... i think i opened it from a email and then added to it and didnt save it to my files
jacks_mum
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It'll be in a temp file and they are a bugger to find. Try looking in 'my recent documents' off the start button. You may get to it from there.
arty101
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What a little silly billy I have done that so many times looks like you will just be spending another day sat at the computor
Kenzo
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Oh heck, your not the only one to do things like that, if that helps! which it probably doesn't right now.
Have you re-opend the programme you were working on,...ie Word, clicked on file at the top left and in the drop down see if its listed on the most recently worked on items?
Have you re-opend the programme you were working on,...ie Word, clicked on file at the top left and in the drop down see if its listed on the most recently worked on items?
*hic*
village idiot :D
Outlook? If so check in your outlook temp files folder . .
elliegirl12
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nope they havent i neva got taught it at school .... and havent bn in college either .... im not sure how to do it anyone know with windows 2007?
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*hic*
village idiot :D
What word processing program were you using?
elliegirl12
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where will outlook be? my email is hotmail
elliegirl12
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microsoft word 2007
ribena73
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Have you re-opend the programme you were working on,...ie Word, clicked on file at the top left and in the drop down see if its listed on the most recently worked on items?
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Yes try this, I've just tried that and docs that I had open off the internet earlier today but didn't save are listed there.
Have you re-opend the programme you were working on,...ie Word, clicked on file at the top left and in the drop down see if its listed on the most recently worked on items?
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Yes try this, I've just tried that and docs that I had open off the internet earlier today but didn't save are listed there.
*hic*
village idiot :D
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nope they havent i neva got taught it at school .... and havent bn in college either .... im not sure how to do it anyone know with windows 2007?
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That makes me so cross - forget teaching kids how to tit around with pretty pictures and teach them something that will save hours of hassle, re-typing and hair pulling. GRRRRR *goes off on rants*
You are, sadly, not alone. Why the packages can be defaulted to autosave I have no idea.
nope they havent i neva got taught it at school .... and havent bn in college either .... im not sure how to do it anyone know with windows 2007?
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That makes me so cross - forget teaching kids how to tit around with pretty pictures and teach them something that will save hours of hassle, re-typing and hair pulling. GRRRRR *goes off on rants*
You are, sadly, not alone. Why the packages can be defaulted to autosave I have no idea.
EquestrianType
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A chance but..click on history and it will/should show all activity,if item has been saved then you should be able to find it.
Berkeley
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1.1 Did you take the word document from your email, and the save it? If so it will be in your temporary internet files. Failing that, do a search on your computer (start: search) for everything with todays date. Good luck!
elliegirl12
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Have you re-opend the programme you were working on,...ie Word, clicked on file at the top left and in the drop down see if its listed on the most recently worked on items?
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Yes try this, I've just tried that and docs that I had open off the internet earlier today but didn't save are listed there.
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i have not there whatsoever
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Have you re-opend the programme you were working on,...ie Word, clicked on file at the top left and in the drop down see if its listed on the most recently worked on items?
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Yes try this, I've just tried that and docs that I had open off the internet earlier today but didn't save are listed there.
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i have not there whatsoever
elliegirl12
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1.1 Did you take the word document from your email, and the save it? If so it will be in your temporary internet files. Failing that, do a search on your computer (start: search) for everything with todays date. Good luck!
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yeah thats what i thought i did
okay so where should the temporary internet files will be?
1.1 Did you take the word document from your email, and the save it? If so it will be in your temporary internet files. Failing that, do a search on your computer (start: search) for everything with todays date. Good luck!
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yeah thats what i thought i did
*hic*
village idiot :D
OK - to stop it happening again look at Tools, Options, Save, then check the "autorecover" button and set how frequently it does it. I go for 10 minutes unless it's something vital when I change it to every couple of minutes!
If you also check "Always save backup copy" then you will never lose all your work again!
Piece of cake to do and would have saved you so much hassle - blame the IT teachers!
On the same route Tools, Options, File Locations you will see where your machine will save the autosaved and backed up files - so you can find them again!
Good luck
If you also check "Always save backup copy" then you will never lose all your work again!
Piece of cake to do and would have saved you so much hassle - blame the IT teachers!
On the same route Tools, Options, File Locations you will see where your machine will save the autosaved and backed up files - so you can find them again!
Good luck
elliegirl12
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nope they havent i neva got taught it at school .... and havent bn in college either .... im not sure how to do it anyone know with windows 2007?
x
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That makes me so cross - forget teaching kids how to tit around with pretty pictures and teach them something that will save hours of hassle, re-typing and hair pulling. GRRRRR *goes off on rants*
You are, sadly, not alone. Why the packages can be defaulted to autosave I have no idea.
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i know its terrible they would rather teach us something completely irrelivant to something we need
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nope they havent i neva got taught it at school .... and havent bn in college either .... im not sure how to do it anyone know with windows 2007?
x
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That makes me so cross - forget teaching kids how to tit around with pretty pictures and teach them something that will save hours of hassle, re-typing and hair pulling. GRRRRR *goes off on rants*
You are, sadly, not alone. Why the packages can be defaulted to autosave I have no idea.
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i know its terrible they would rather teach us something completely irrelivant to something we need
*hic*
village idiot :D
^^^^^
Cripes I've been attacked by a herd of wild exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cripes I've been attacked by a herd of wild exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JessPickle
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have you gone on the start menu and looked at recent documents?
elliegirl12
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where hehe
haha thats the first time i have heard that saying
.... and thankyou
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and yeah sadly i think it is gone 8hours of solid work out the window
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and yeah sadly i think it is gone 8hours of solid work out the window
rachel_s
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If you clicked on save but can't find it using search or recent docs- and its from a email, then it's probably in a folder called OLK4 or similar.
To find this weird and wonderful folder, find an email with an attachment (NOT the same one you were working on), click to "save as" and note the actual title of the folder (it will probably also show your assignment) - you don't need to save anything, you need to know the name of the folder.
Then go to Search (off the start menu) - and put in the name of the folder NOT the assignment. It will then come up with the folder (I've never been able to find it any other way) and your assignment should be in there.
Secondly although you can't change the default for attachments to be saved, you can save a short cut to this file in your My documents (I've done this lots as have most of my colleagues)
Good luck
To find this weird and wonderful folder, find an email with an attachment (NOT the same one you were working on), click to "save as" and note the actual title of the folder (it will probably also show your assignment) - you don't need to save anything, you need to know the name of the folder.
Then go to Search (off the start menu) - and put in the name of the folder NOT the assignment. It will then come up with the folder (I've never been able to find it any other way) and your assignment should be in there.
Secondly although you can't change the default for attachments to be saved, you can save a short cut to this file in your My documents (I've done this lots as have most of my colleagues)
Good luck
JessPickle
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don't open any more files from your hotmail, until your sure it can't be recovered. Go to the run option and type this obviously replacing the username and file name with the relevant names
c:\documents and settings\[USER NAME]\Local settings\temp\[FILE NAME]
c:\documents and settings\[USER NAME]\Local settings\temp\[FILE NAME]
Angua2
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If you clicked on save but can't find it using search or recent docs- and its from a email, then it's probably in a folder called OLK4 or similar.
To find this weird and wonderful folder, find an email with an attachment (NOT the same one you were working on), click to "save as" and note the actual title of the folder (it will probably also show your assignment) -
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if it does show your assignment you can right mouse cut and then paste it onto your desktop
If you clicked on save but can't find it using search or recent docs- and its from a email, then it's probably in a folder called OLK4 or similar.
To find this weird and wonderful folder, find an email with an attachment (NOT the same one you were working on), click to "save as" and note the actual title of the folder (it will probably also show your assignment) -
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if it does show your assignment you can right mouse cut and then paste it onto your desktop
elliegirl12
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i will give it a goo
thankyou too everyone
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thankyou too everyone
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elliegirl12
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OMG OMG OMG OMG THANKYOU sooo much i have found it.... thankyou sooo much
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jrp204
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Phew, been there, done that was breaking out in a cold sweat for you!
elliegirl12
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HAHA thankyou