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Asked: 2021-10-21T12:57:30+00:00 In:

The Item That This Shortcut Refers To Has Been Changed Moved

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Here is my problem. I created a word document back in March. I went two night ago to do some editing on it, and couldn’t find the file anywhere. It had just disappeared. I did not delete it, it was just gone. I do a backup every month, so I went into my backup/restore file and did a search for the document. The restore program found it, and I restored it back to “my documents” where it originally was. When I go to open it, it gives me the error that the shortcuts been changed or move. Does anyone know how I can retrieve this file from my backup?

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      The bottom line is you restored the shortcut, not the Word document file. Although you said you’ve been through all that, it doesn’t really tell us what you have done to find the file. If you could provide the steps you have taken so far, it would help us from repeating what you have already done and perhaps suggest options you haven’t tried yet.

      Have you tried doing a wildcard search such as
      *.doc or *.docx ?

      One more option to consider is if you use Office 365. Office 365 gives you the option to store your files online in your One Drive cloud storage. If you are using Office 365, take a look and see if they are stored in your One Drive online storage.

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