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Where does Internet Explorer "save" downloaded files that are merely "opened"?

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Mar 15, 2026147820 views
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My mom downloaded a Word document from an e-mail attachment by clicking on "Open" in the Internet Explorer 7 dialog, instead of "Save". She proceeded to make a lot of changes, after which she saved the document and closed Word, thinking she just updated the e-mail attachment. Today she found out th…

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I think it should be in: C:\Documents and Settings\USER_NAME\Temporary Internet Files\IE_VERSION then one of the bunch of random names, but I'm on Windows 7 so I can't verify that. EDIT: The easiest way would be you go to Word and pick the Office Bu…

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