Help! I opened an attachment in Outlook, did changes and hit "save", now I cannot get to my changes?

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Help.  I usually am good about opening an attachment, saving it on my desktop, then working on it.  Well, in this case I opened it, did not save it on my desktop but thought I had, and modified the document.  I hit "save" and it acted like it saved.  I then closed the document.  No error occurred.
I then wanted to email my changes.  I went to attach the file and it was not on the desktop.  I did a search for its name in my hard drive, with no results.  The attachment to the original email is the unmodified document.  If i hit "save" on it, its name has a (2) at the end, so I think my modified version is out there somewhere.... where?  How do I get to it?  It is not in recent documents, either version, and not on the drop down menu under recent documents on the program.  I assume it is in some sort of temporary data file for Outlook, but cannot find anything!  Please help!!!

immatt · Accepted Answer

You must have Outlook 2007 as this was a glitch that I think has been repaired in later version.  I have Outlook 2007 as well, and have had this happen before.

OK, it is in a temporary folder under Outlook.  These folders are normally hidden and cannot be easily browsed using icons and the mouse.  That is also why your search did not find the file.

Go to "Start"
Click on "Run"
Type"%temp%"
This should open up a folder with the ending ..."LOCALS~1&#92;Temp"
In the address bar, delete "Temp" and hit enter.  You can also just hit the icon to go up one folder (it is the folder icon with the green circular arrow).  Also on the left side in the blue there would be a reference to the folder "&#92;LOCALS~1" and you can click on that.  No matter which method, you should have and ending like "&#92;LOCALS~1" or the address name might change, with an ending like "&#92;Local Settings", but whatever the address bar says, type at the end of what is there "&#92;temporary internet files&#92;content.outlook"
Several folders should appear with letters and numbers like "RB9E221H".  
Your file is in one of those folders.

Help! I opened an attachment in Outlook, did changes and hit "save", now I cannot get to my changes?

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