File disappeared.

Hello,

An excel file that I've worked on for several months has dissapeared.

I looked at it yesterday last, and today there is no trace left of it.
- not in temp folder
- checking hidden folders doesn't help
- tried looking for it using words I know it contains in case I accidentally saved it under another name, alas, to no avail...

When I tried to open it this morning I received an error saying that the shortcut to the file wasn't working (I was trying to access is through 'recent files') and did I want to delete the faulty shortcut? Probably I shouldn't have, but I said yes.
Maybe also worth mentioning, the laptop did an automated update and chkdsk before startup. But this happens on a regular bases, so no idea if the two are linked.

The VERY weird thing is that I have an online backup of my files through mozy, and it's not to be found there either :((

Apart from the hours of work I put into the file I find all this unsettlingly strange!
And please don't tell me I must have imagined the file.

BTW no top secret info, only financial info on renovation works I'm doing in my new house.

Nick's picture

run this on your C

run this on your C drive:
http://excelexperts.com/VBA-List-Files-In-Folder

make sure the options are to include subfolders, and specify an enormous amount of files to run...