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Question

How do I retrieve an overridden winzip file?

May 16, 2011 8:36PM PDT

I have an Excel file I opened through winzip, edited and saved. When I tried to open it again through the winzip file, it said something about being overridden by the archived file. Is there a way I can get back to the one with all my new, edited information on it?
HELP!!

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May 17, 2011 5:13AM PDT

What's the exact error message?

When you see that message, what options are you given? Can you "Continue"?

This is why I never open and edit files from a Zip program without saving the file to some other location first, then re-zipping.

Mark

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the file already exists...
May 17, 2011 1:20PM PDT

do you want windows to override it to open the archived file?
Yes, No, Cancel

I hit YES without thinking about it...so I know the file was overridden. But, everyone always says there is a trace of everything left on the computer. So, is there a way to find the file that was overridden?
BTW, I did exactly what you said with the next winzip file that I opened. Still, I want to get my old work back if possible.

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Unless you are unlucky and turned off Excal's backup copy
May 17, 2011 1:32PM PDT

Search the drive for .BAK files with the same name.

Copy it to someplace safe and rename to .xls or .xlsx (depends on the E#Cel version.
Bob