Windows 7 & Vista: Cannot find the files saved on C drive
July 12, 2010 · Posted in Windows
We received a few calls from clients stating that they cannot find files they saved and are very sure that they did.
They also tried to change the folder (and search) option to show hidden files including system files and none of them worked…
Well, this is due to the Windows’ “virtualization” feature as some of the symptom are explained in kb927387. Basically Windows monitors certain directories under C drive (Windows installation drive). Anything written under such directories would be re-directed to c:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore
You should be able to find those files there.
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Thank you very much dude… Your tip was very much useful. It was a very important file which I received through MS communicator 2007 and saved it in C drive. But found it at a location shown by you. Love you mate. 😉