files

Question

i recently I opened notepad to write some stuff but instead of opening a new page it opened a file to be specific a readme file for gta 2 that I deleted a long time ago I did try to find where the file was stored but did not see any results after searching through my c drive I did not find it I did screenshot the area but after closing the program I could not find it was my computer infected with something or was it like a cached memory or something?

Answer 1

Notepad in Windows 11 now has the option to "Open content from the previous session"

If your settings are as above, any tabs open when you close Notepad will be restored when you next run Notepad. Each tab is saved to a file in:

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\TabState

The files contain the original location of the file plus its content. If the file has been deleted from the original location and you close its corresponding tab, you'll get a dialog popping up asking if you want to save changes to "the file". Selecting yes will save a copy of the file (or try to) to its original location.

Answer 2

still dont see it is it a virus?

Answer 3

It may be a hidden file, if you modify the folder view settings to enable hidden files it likely will be visible

Answer 4

But while looking for the file in temp it does not exist and after closing the window I could never access the file.

Answer 5

Hi, I'm Elise, a fellow user like yourself and I'd be happy to help with your issue.

Looking at the path it is trying to save to, it seems to be held in your temp folder.

You can either just clear this out manually by deleting the contents, or use the disk cleanup tool (just search for this in the start menu)

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Kind Regards,

Elise