Cant find a downloaded file i saved

Additionally, when I attempted to "retrace" what I had done, when I clicked on the file within mail to prompt opening excel, it automatically added a 1 to the title which usually indicates a second copy, or in otherwords it new I had already saved the first. But where is it? Open the excel file again.

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Thanks, This helped me find mine. I did a search for the file but this location mustn't get searched. Found mine in -. I edited the Excel file extensively 2 hours or so of work , made sure to Save frequently and Save once again before closing. I closed it so I could attach it to a OneNote. Then I opened Excel and there was no file listed under Recent area. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Sign in. The settings are normally where you can set the folder that all files should be downloaded to.

Right-click the downloaded file or the in-progress download in the torrent client. The context menu will have an option called open containing folder, or something similar. Clicking it will open the folder that the downloaded file is in. This will push the found files that were created recently to the top of the results. Alternatively, you can try limiting the date of the files included in the search but this only works if you have a good idea when you downloaded the file.

Another thing you can do to find the temporary folder is go back to Outlook, for example, and open up another attachment.

Tomorrow that folder may be different. To avoid this problem in the future , instead of opening attachments directly from the email, right-click on the attachment and choose to "Save As" the file so you can select where you want the file saved e. Then open the file from Windows Explorer instead. Photo by Steve Jurvetson. Emailable Tech Support is a tri-weekly series of easy-to-share guides for the less tech savvy people in your life.

Got a beginner tech support question you constantly answer? Let us know at tips lifehacker. Solved - Can't find downloaded Word file 17 posts Started 10 years ago by Briancaul Latest reply from subscriber Topic Viewed times. This post has been reported. It's nowhere to be found. Not in any of these: Documents folder Downloads folder Temporary internet files folder Recently Items Search results for the filename!

Any ideas? I've tried searching microsoft. Yes, Word The file is not even listed in Word's recent documents list. Hm good idea, but still nothing. I checked subfolders in Temp, tried searching, nothing. Hi Brian, try www. When you download and open the file again choose save as and see where it takes you. Kelen: It takes me to the Documents folder, but I've already look in there for the file. Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Maybe it was an obscure issue of software version.

Thanks again to all who suggested.