Forwarding to OP who is not subscribed. On 4/15/2019 1:07 PM, Alan B wrote: > Michael, > > "...file does not exist..." can happen when a file's location changes (so > the file still exists) but the "recent files" entry in the menu is pointing > to the last place the file was. So, the exact file name, including the > path, referred to in the menu doesn't exist any more. > > The message can also happen if the file's name is changed but the file is > still in the same place. Again, from the point of view of the "recent > files" entry, that exact file name doesn't exist. > > Did you change the name of the file? > > Did you change the location of the file? > > If you did either of the above then you must use the File > Open command > from the menu and pick out the renamed or relocated file. > > If you didn't do either then my final suggestion would be to search the > hard drive of your pc for the file. Presuming you're using Windows 7 or > later do the following: > > Open powershell and enter the following commands... > cd \ > get-childitem -filter "yourfilename" -force -recurse -erroraction > silentlycontinue | select-object FullName > > When the command completes there will either be an empty line (file was not > found) or the path and name of the file, e.g. > c:\users\me\documents\temp\somewhere\myfile.odt > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:18 AM Michael Pettit > <mlpett2...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > >> I have been writing a book on OpenOffice for several weeks and saving all >> work as I went. Yesterday I attempted to resume work and taskbar icon was >> gone. I reopened it and attempted to open recent work. I got a message >> saying file does not exist. Multiple attempts to find "mybook" were >> unsuccessful. Any way I can recover this? Thanks. >> > >
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