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kamikaze33

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    Where does Word save in Safe Mode?
    « on: October 15, 2011, 04:20:21 PM »
    My computer was starting pretty slowly the other day in class so in a hurry i put it into safe mode and used word to type out my notes for that class. Now that i have it fixed and running fine again, im just wondering what directory Word would have used in safe mode to save the file?
    Under safe mode i just put it under My Documents as my regular folders (sorted by class, lab, etc.)  did not show up. I cant find the document under the generic My Documents folder now, im guessing because i had to log on as Administrator in safe mode (though oddly enough my account should have admin privileges as its the only one on here...). Just wondering how i might recover this file or if i have to go back into safe mode and through it external storage or something?

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    Re: Where does Word save in Safe Mode?
    « Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 05:04:10 PM »
    Reboot your PC in Safe mode again. Start word. Look for recent documents. Click on File and the menu should have a thing for recent documents. Or it will show some recent documents in the menu.

    jason2074



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    Re: Where does Word save in Safe Mode?
    « Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 11:57:26 PM »
    If you could remember keywords or title from previously saved word docs, filter them by using Windows search bar in Win 7/Vista by opening Windows Explorer. Or in XP, is the search companion(magnifying glass).

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    Re: Where does Word save in Safe Mode?
    « Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 03:10:31 AM »
    you may try "recently opened documents" from MS Word. or you may try using search with search in the content.

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      Re: Where does Word save in Safe Mode?
      « Reply #4 on: October 17, 2011, 03:01:44 AM »
      C:\Users\--User--\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\

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        Re: Where does Word save in Safe Mode?
        « Reply #5 on: October 28, 2011, 10:52:59 PM »
        Have you fixed the problem??