notepad document disappeared

[Fhoosa]

I can't find my notepad document that I thought I save.

 

[MD1987]

If you didn't actually save it then I'm not sure we can help you.

 

[Fhoosa]

If you didn't actually save it then I'm not sure we can help you.

 

[Fhoosa]

Here's what happened. I comprised a list in NOTEPAD and did a SAVE AS. It was .txt document. Under file name I typed in the Album name and hit enter. It brought me back to NOTEPAD where I proceeded to click "new" and then started on another list. I didn't even bother to check after the first one because last night I did some of these lists and they were saved into my documents file under the sub-heading Playlists. But today when I continued and saved the same way, the files now are nowhere to be found! This is so frustrating. I hope I explained this in an understanding way. Please let me know if there is anything more info you would need in order to help me get through this dilemma. Thank you for replying in such an expedited manner. It is greatly appreciated!

 

[MD1987]

Well it seems like it should be saved. Have you tried just doing a search for the file name?

 

[Fhoosa]

I wanted to let you know that the mystery has been solved. The reason I couldn't find it was because when I saved it, I didn't notice that the file it was going to was incorrect. My fault. But I do have another question for you. I'm not sure though if I'm suppsed to start all over again or if it's ok that I ask the question now. So, I'll go ahead and ask and if I get yelled at, well then, I'll just have to deal with it. Here's the question. Yesterday I noticed that 3 of my icons on my desktop had reverted to the normal folder icon. So I went ahead and changed it to the icons I had given to each of them. I restarted my computer and what happened? They went back to the folder icon. ALL 3 OF THEM! I'm simply baffled. Can you help?

 

[himnextdoor]

What were the programs? Not iTunes were they?

Have you deleted any 'unnecessary' .MSI files recently?

 

[Fhoosa]

I have to confess that, YES, I did delete some files this morning when I was cleaning up my computer and checking for things that don't belong. What is it that I could have deleted in error that would cause some, not all, or my icons to go missing?

 

[himnextdoor]

Well, MS Office, iTunes, Quicktime, and others leave a cut-down version of the installer packages on the drive.

They then use these files as the location for the icon.

Although these files seem superfluous to requirements, and they are in the sense that some apps put nearly twice as much data on the drive than there apps actually require, the apps might start to throw up errors if they are absent..

The truth is, there could be up to 8 GB or so of such files on the drive and only a fragment of each one may be of any use, like a picture for an icon. Why iTunes can't include their icon in the main exe file I will never know.

In general, and to be sure, the programs you have with missing icons should be reinstalled in order to put the correct file back on the computer.

For some info on improving performance, take a look at:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1860438/reduce-number-programs-run-start-simple-steps.html