Saving Received Excel Attachments

When I try to save a received excel email attachment to My Documents, it
appears all is well. When I try to retrieve the file, it is not listed in My
Documents. I use Windows Explorer to locate the file and it shows it listed
in My Documents. Many times I go to My Documents and it is not listed. This
happens over and over. What type of problem is this? Should I reload Office
2000 or is this a bug?

Lou,

This doesn't sound like an Excel problem. You have folder My Documents
open, and don't see the file, but in Windows Explorer, you do. That
shouldn't happen. Now if you're using File - Open in Excel, and you're in
folder My Documents, that's different. Which is it?

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Earl Kiosterud
mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
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"Lou" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When I try to save a received excel email attachment to My Documents, it
> appears all is well. When I try to retrieve the file, it is not listed in
> My
> Documents. I use Windows Explorer to locate the file and it shows it
> listed
> in My Documents. Many times I go to My Documents and it is not listed.
> This
> happens over and over. What type of problem is this? Should I reload
> Office
> 2000 or is this a bug?

Any chance you're looking in the wrong "My documents" folder?

Next time you save an attachment, use that dropdown to verify the full path when
you save.

Maybe using windows start|search will help you find any "missing" files.

Lou wrote:
>
> When I try to save a received excel email attachment to My Documents, it
> appears all is well. When I try to retrieve the file, it is not listed in My
> Documents. I use Windows Explorer to locate the file and it shows it listed
> in My Documents. Many times I go to My Documents and it is not listed. This
> happens over and over. What type of problem is this? Should I reload Office
> 2000 or is this a bug?

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Dave Peterson

Earl,
I found the file shortcut in "My Recent Documents" in the "My Documents"
folder. It is still not listed in the general folder of "My Documents".

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote:

> Lou,
>
> This doesn't sound like an Excel problem. You have folder My Documents
> open, and don't see the file, but in Windows Explorer, you do. That
> shouldn't happen. Now if you're using File - Open in Excel, and you're in
> folder My Documents, that's different. Which is it?
>
> --
> Earl Kiosterud
> mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
> -------------------------------------------
>
> "Lou" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > When I try to save a received excel email attachment to My Documents, it
> > appears all is well. When I try to retrieve the file, it is not listed in
> > My
> > Documents. I use Windows Explorer to locate the file and it shows it
> > listed
> > in My Documents. Many times I go to My Documents and it is not listed.
> > This
> > happens over and over. What type of problem is this? Should I reload
> > Office
> > 2000 or is this a bug?
>
>
>

Dave,

I found the file shortcut listed in the "My Recent Documents" which is in
the "My Documents" folder. It is still not listed in "My Documents".

Lou

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Any chance you're looking in the wrong "My documents" folder?
>
> Next time you save an attachment, use that dropdown to verify the full path when
> you save.
>
> Maybe using windows start|search will help you find any "missing" files.
>
> Lou wrote:
> >
> > When I try to save a received excel email attachment to My Documents, it
> > appears all is well. When I try to retrieve the file, it is not listed in My
> > Documents. I use Windows Explorer to locate the file and it shows it listed
> > in My Documents. Many times I go to My Documents and it is not listed. This
> > happens over and over. What type of problem is this? Should I reload Office
> > 2000 or is this a bug?
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>

When you did that test save, did you use that dropdown at the top to find the
"real" location?

Or save it where you want and then...
with that workbook active
Hit alt-f11 (to get to the VBE)
hit ctrl-g (to see the immediate window)

Then type this and hit enter:
?activeworkbook.FullName

You should get back the full path and name of that workbook.

I got this in my test:
C:\My Documents\excel\book2.xls

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I use Win98 and I do have a Recent folder, but I don't have a "My Recent
Documents" folder.

In win98, I can click on windows start button|documents and see a list of the
most recently editted documents.

(It kind of sounds like "my recent documents" is the same kind of thing for the
version of windows you're running.)

Lou wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> I found the file shortcut listed in the "My Recent Documents" which is in
> the "My Documents" folder. It is still not listed in "My Documents".
>
> Lou
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > Any chance you're looking in the wrong "My documents" folder?
> >
> > Next time you save an attachment, use that dropdown to verify the full path when
> > you save.
> >
> > Maybe using windows start|search will help you find any "missing" files.
> >
> > Lou wrote:
> > >
> > > When I try to save a received excel email attachment to My Documents, it
> > > appears all is well. When I try to retrieve the file, it is not listed in My
> > > Documents. I use Windows Explorer to locate the file and it shows it listed
> > > in My Documents. Many times I go to My Documents and it is not listed. This
> > > happens over and over. What type of problem is this? Should I reload Office
> > > 2000 or is this a bug?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >

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Dave Peterson