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Anonymous
2015-09-04T13:32:31+00:00

I had to replace my computer, and used an external hard drive to save all the files; however, now I cannot find previous publisher files. HELP!

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Anonymous
2015-09-04T18:22:38+00:00

Search your external drive for *.pub files. That is the file extension for Publisher files. If you can't read or see the extensions, then open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options. Click the View tab. Under Advanced settings, uncheck 'hide extensions for known file type.

If there are no .pub files on the external drive then you apparently did not copy them over from the previous computer.

You didn't happen to use OneDrive or dropbox to sync and save your files in the cloud did you? That would be another place to look.

DavidF

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-10T13:30:19+00:00

    To: DavidF2

    Thanks for the information. I tried everything that you suggested to no avail. I guess I'll have to setup the old computer, and hopefully I'll be able to retrieve them.

    Can't get no satification

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