Where's my docx file?

[W. eWatson]

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

 

[Nil]

Comments?

You deleted it.

Do you have a question?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

What did you search with? It matters...

 

[Ken Blake]

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

Two points:

1. Look in the recycle bin.

2. If it's not there, do a search of your hard drive with a better
program than what comes with Windows. Try the free, downloadable Agent
Ransack, at
http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?type=agentransack&page=home

 

[Jason]

Two points:

1. Look in the recycle bin.

2. If it's not there, do a search of your hard drive with a better
program than what comes with Windows. Try the free, downloadable Agent
Ransack, at
http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?type=agentransack&page=home

Another free one I like is FileLocator. The free version is adequate.

Jason

 

[Jeff Layman]

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

1) Search for all *.docx files. Go through the list looking for
anything with a name similar to the one you /think/ you used.

2) Use the Restore Files wizard to find the file and restore it from
your backup.

3) If all else fails, use a scanner and ocr to generate the table from
the printed version you have.

 

[Andy Burns]

Another free one I like is FileLocator. The free version is adequate.

You do realise FileLocator Lite is merely another name for Agent Ransack?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

You do realise FileLocator Lite is merely another name for Agent Ransack?

I was going to +1 Jason's post until you reminded me of that little fact


So I'll just go ahead and +1 everybody here...

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Two points:

1. Look in the recycle bin. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^

2. If it's not there, do a search of your hard drive with a better
program than what comes with Windows. Try the free, downloadable Agent
Ransack, at
http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?type=agentransack&page=home

docx suggests it comes from Office 2007 or 2010. I don't know about
2007, but 2010 has its own backup system, such that you can retrieve
even things you deleted. To some extent. I don't know the details of how
to use it, though.

 

[Char Jackson]

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

In addition to the other tips, you might try opening the program you
used to create the missing file, then look under its File menu for the
list of recent documents. If your document still exists and is simply
in a strange location, you may be able to transparently open it. If
it's in the recent files list but you can't open it, then you've
probably moved or deleted it.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

I've never tried Windows Backup, but I assume someone will know how to
explore a recent backup and extract the missing file, if the
capability exists.

 

[KCB]

Another free one I like is FileLocator. The free version is adequate.

Jason

Search Everything is very fast. I credit Char Jackson for that one.

 

[Char Jackson]

Search Everything is very fast. I credit Char Jackson for that one.

Thanks. I first heard about it here in the newsgroup myself, but I
forget now who should get the credit.

Because of a hardware limitation on one of my systems, I'm forced to
use a different search tool there, (Agent Ransack aka FileLocator
Lite) and it just royally sucks. Everything search completely spoils
you, making it extremely difficult to use the lesser tools.

 

[BobbyM]

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

Assuming you created and/or edited the file in Office, have you looked
at the list of recent files in Office to see if it shows up there?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Thanks. I first heard about it here in the newsgroup myself, but I
forget now who should get the credit.

Because of a hardware limitation on one of my systems, I'm forced to
use a different search tool there, (Agent Ransack aka FileLocator
Lite) and it just royally sucks. Everything search completely spoils
you, making it extremely difficult to use the lesser tools.

Does Everything now search for text in files?

If not, then I have to invert your relative rankings...

 

[Ken Blake]

Thanks. I first heard about it here in the newsgroup myself, but I
forget now who should get the credit.

Because of a hardware limitation on one of my systems, I'm forced to
use a different search tool there, (Agent Ransack aka FileLocator
Lite) and it just royally sucks. Everything search completely spoils
you, making it extremely difficult to use the lesser tools.

I think you are oversimplifying. I use two tools: Everything Search,
if I just want to search for file names, Agent Ransack when I want to
search for text within the file.

 

[...winston]

Did you receive the docx file in an email, open it from the email (instead
of detaching to a location, e.g. Desktop), edit the file and save it to the
default location....if so opening an attachment in email may have saved the
file to a Temp or cached folder.

--
....winston
msft mvp mail


"W. eWatson" wrote in message
I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

 

[Jason]

On Mon, 14 May 2012 21:49:56 +0100 "Andy Burns" <usenet.aug2009
@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote in article

You do realise FileLocator Lite is merely another name for Agent Ransack?

I did not. Now I do. From the website:

"FileLocator Lite is a rebranding of Agent Ransack for corporate
environments. It has exactly the same functionality but with a different
name and logo."

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, W.

Open a Command Prompt window. (IF you need instructions, please ask.)

At the C:\ prompt, type:

dir \*pressure* /s /a

Press Enter.

And wait...

If you have a LOT of files and folders, this can take a LONG time. But if
there is a file with "pressure" in the name in Drive C: on your hard disk,
this will find it.

You can shorten the search greatly by first navigating to the folder where
you think that file might be, or by including its name in the Dir command.
Remember to enclose the entire pathname in quotes if there are spaces or
other "illegal" characters in the path or filename:
dir "x:\word files\*pressure*.doc*" /s/a

As with any "DOS" command in the Command Prompt window, type Dir /? for a
list of the switches and parameters available with that command. There are
MANY ways to use this command. The /s switch searches all folders below the
one you start in; /a lists ALL files, including those with Attributes, such
as Hidden or System. A few minutes of experimenting with it should produce
several pleasant surprises as to what Dir can do. ;<)

Try it...and post back with what you see.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3555.0308) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"W. eWatson" wrote in message
I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I think you are oversimplifying. I use two tools: Everything Search,
if I just want to search for file names, Agent Ransack when I want to
search for text within the file.

I only use FileLocator, but that might be a mistake, since Everything is
so fast for file-vame only searches.

But I don't do it quite enough to force me to use two tools (that sounds
like a weak excuse even to me).

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I only use FileLocator, but that might be a mistake, since Everything is
so fast for file-vame only searches.

What's in a vame? A rose by any other vame would smell as sweet...