Hidden Files and Folders / Content.IE5!?!?
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From: Ragmuffina on 29 Nov 2009 16:02 the same happened to me only i've lost coursework due to be sent today. I am frantically trying to search the internet trying to find a way to access the files. ;( "Anne" wrote: > Okay so I've lost a crucial document that is VERY important for my business. > I downloaded this file from an email attachment, clicked "open" instead of > "save as"....edited the document in MS WORD, clicked the save icon, and > closed it. Now my document is nowhere to be found, locked away in some crazy > Temp Folder. > > A friend advised me to type in the file path for the Content.IE5 folder, as > he said this folder wouldn't show up even if you searched and selected "Show > hidden files and folders". I did this, it opened the folder, which held a > few other folders, all with very few files in them-- though i definitely did > not locate the file I was searching for. > > This prompted me to investigate the properties of the main Content.IE5 > folder, which said it contained 5,000 files and 19 folders. I cannot imagine > why this would be, why there would be so many folders full of unneccesary > images and files, and I as the computer owner cannot get to them easily. I > am desperate....Windows support won't help me unless I pay them $60. > > I tried downloading an attachment again, and viewing the document properties > to locate the filepath -- then typing in the filepath. This helped me to > find about four of the 19 super hidden folders, but my file was not in any of > them. PLEASE HELP ME >
From: Shenan Stanley on 29 Nov 2009 16:12 Ragmuffina wrote: > the same happened to me only i've lost coursework due to be sent > today. I am frantically trying to search the internet trying to > find a way to access the files. > ;( Did you read the entire conversation you have responded to? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Invictus on 17 Dec 2009 01:57 There has been some bad advice here. I just did the same stupid thing and I did recover the files. 1. Go to disk clean-up (I assume you will know how to do this, if not, look it up it is easy) 2. Click on Temporary Internet Files 3. Click on view files (a window should open with the folder Content.IE5 4. In that window go to tools 5. Click Folder options 6. Click on "Show hidden files and folders" and unclick "hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" you will be prompted warning you that you shouldn't be looking at system files. click yes. 7. Now the hidden folders will be displayed 8. Sort the folders by date 9. Your file will be in one of the hidden folders that has been modified since the time you lost your file. There may be a dozen folders to check. Find the one with your file, open the file, save it somewhere smart. 10. Go back and reclick "hide protected operating system files"
From: Shenan Stanley on 17 Dec 2009 10:53 <another snippage of the entire conversation> Read it here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin/browse_frm/thread/3bf74fdf601932ca/ Invictus wrote: > There has been some bad advice here. I just did the same stupid > thing and I did recover the files. > > 1. Go to disk clean-up (I assume you will know how to do this, if > not, look it up it is easy) > 2. Click on Temporary Internet Files > 3. Click on view files (a window should open with the folder > Content.IE5 > 4. In that window go to tools > 5. Click Folder options > 6. Click on "Show hidden files and folders" and unclick "hide > protected operating system files (Recommended)" you will be > prompted warning you that you shouldn't be looking at system files. > click yes. > 7. Now the hidden folders will be displayed > 8. Sort the folders by date > 9. Your file will be in one of the hidden folders that has been > modified since the time you lost your file. There may be a dozen > folders to check. Find the one with your file, open the file, save > it somewhere smart. > 10. Go back and reclick "hide protected operating system files" Amazingly lucky. Sometimes the folder is gone. The good advice is *always* save and work from the saved document - not the one you decided to open from your email attachment directly. Everything else is a 'maybe' in terms of keeping this from happening again. Recovery was not an option in this case because they *found* the folder with everything visible and the document was not there. That's the way it occurs at least half of the time - if not more. The good advice is not to let that happen. Make saving first in a proper location a habit. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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