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If a 'friend' has double-clicked an Excel attachment from an Outlook 2007 email and worked on it, saved it and then closed Excel and the email, where would that file be lurking (assuming I haven't exited Outlook?
I seem to remember Outlook 2003 putting stuff in
%username%\Local Setings\Temporary Internet Files
in OLK prefixed folders, but no sign of anything relevant looking in there.
I'm he's on Windows XP.
Update
Temporary folder eventually found in:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook
but need to navigate directly to this folder via pasting into 'Run...' dialog or Explorer to see it.
Unfortunately, Outlook deletes the attchment when you close the email.
@pelms and others: annoyingly, turning on "hidden files and folders" isn't enough to see this location. You must go down a few more options in the same window and toggle "hide protected operating system files", then click through all the nanny-screaming dialogs before you can see where Outlook dumps stuff. – Ti Strga – 2014-07-18T18:17:44.650
That did it. For some reason, even if you have 'show hidden and system files' enabled, you cand see any folders in 'Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files'. – pelms – 2010-07-27T09:59:02.153
I have mapped a shortcut to this location to easily find it again. Hopefully it will remain a constant path and not change unexpectedly. In my case the exact path was:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\NF5NUQLU\
– UuDdLrLrSs – 2019-06-13T11:26:49.617Ok, this is a dumb question, but how do I "check the registry?" – Zach – 2012-09-17T20:45:27.923
1@Zach. Run 'regedit' and follow the folder structure in the path above (i.e. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office... etc.) – pelms – 2012-10-24T16:49:20.350
1Thanks. I can't believe Outlook just lets you edit attachments and then hides them completely. Thousands of people must lose hours of work every day as they search desperately for their edited files and never find them... – MGOwen – 2014-05-20T04:30:02.333