How to find a file that was opened via Outlook, modified and saved but, the modified file has disappeared

Have you ever opened an attached file in Outlook, edited it, saved it and closed it only to find all your modifications have disappeared? Don’t despair, there is a way of finding those elusive modified versions of the attachment.

This is how to find those files in Windows XP

1. Click on the ”start” button (bottom left of the screen)
2. Click “Run…”
3. Type: cmd
4. Hit  ”Ok” button
5. At the command prompt type: cd “C:\Documents and Settings\Toby\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\
   Replace “Toby” in the above with your windows user name and include the double inverted commas
6. Hit “Enter” key on your keyboard
7. Then type: dir
8. Hit “Enter” key on your keyboard
9. This will give a directory listing in the format: Date Time <DIR> folder name
10. Open “My Computer”
11. Put this in the address bar: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\
    Again replace Toby with your Window’s user name.
12. Add the name of one of the directories i.e. OLK22 to give C:\Documents and Settings\Toby\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK22
13. Hit “Enter” key on your keyboard
14. This should show you the contents of this super hidden folder and with any luck you will find various versions of your file. If there are no versions of your file in that folder try steps 12 and 13 with the other folder names.
15. Save the file to a new location such as your desktop

Hopefully this will help someone, no guarantees, but it worked for me.