Just Jack Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 My wife was working on a document in Word one night, didn't save it, left Word open overnight, when she went to work on it the next morning, her computer had rebooted overnight. Figure some automatic update did it. Where might there be, if at all, a tmp file of that document? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 No clue on the .tmp. It didn't auto-save a draft, or give you a restore option when you re-opened Word? (Apparently not, or you wouldn't be asking ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Wow - I hate it when stuff like that happens. Word actually saves files automatically most of the times and they're not always .tmp files - sometimes they start with a ~, sometimes they may be a .wbk file - it depends on your version of Word and the OS you're running. Microsoft has a good support topic that gives advice on things to try: Try this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Microsoft has a good support topic that gives advice on things to try: Try this... Tried it, can't find it. Thanks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Word, XL, and PPT are usually pretty good about auto-saving files. What version of Word? 12 tends to be better at this than 11 (2003) or 10 (XP). Did you search through hidden files/folders and also search for files that include the ~ in the name? Temporary objects created by Office (from tables in Access to temporary bits in Word) are saved with tildes. The auto-recover location is by default at C:\Users\[userName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\ on Vista (this is a hidden folder). You should be able to check the location in Word Options. Is this a work machine or one joined to a domain? It's possible that there's group policy set on the machine preventing the creation of backup files, though that's kind of doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 You changed the folder options to "view hidden files and folders," right? My experience is that the tempory files are saved in the same directory as the main file, but are always hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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