Recovery of a file opened in a zipped file and saved with a new name?

Anonymous
2012-02-05T14:52:19+00:00

I opened a docx file within a zipped file. I took it off read only and began to edit it. Then I saved it with "Save As" to rename it but didn't specify a directory. Now I cannot find it, and it doesn't show up as an ASD file when I try to use the Recover Unsaved Documents tool. Any suggestions on how to recover this file and not have to redo 2 hours of editing work?

If there is no way to recover this file, I would suggest that Microsoft change Office so you get an error message when you try to save a file in this way instead of letting you think that this is something you can do.

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Anonymous
2012-02-17T10:58:01+00:00

Normally when you open Word document and try saving it from the zipped file, the default directory should the following C:\Users<user name>\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$ (followed by number)

Try searching for the zip folders name and see if you can extract the Word files from there.

If you’re not able to find the zipped folder, may be the data is lost.

Note: You will get a prompt stating ‘Some files extracted from <filename> were modified or new files were created. Do you wish to put them to the archive?

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Anonymous
2012-02-07T02:41:33+00:00

Check the following MS article on how on recover lost Word documents and check if it helps:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316951

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-19T02:24:18+00:00

    Thank you so much.  You just saved my life (over a year and a half after you posted this).  I just graded over 50 assignments from a zipped file, used "save as", and they all disappeared.  I followed your default directory sequence, and there they were!  Bless you for taking the time to share your knowledge....

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-13T20:48:14+00:00

    win xp users. Just Type %temp% in Run command and you will see your temp folder with your desired files...

    Many thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-11T22:00:55+00:00

    Thanks mate, this worked for me!

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