LOST FILES after loading Open Office 4.1.5

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LOST FILES after loading Open Office 4.1.5

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I recently loaded on Open Office 4.1.5. Just logged into this program & all my files are gone! Help! Where can I find them????? :( :(
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Re: LOST FILES after loading Open Office 4.1.5

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Hi and welcome to the forum!

What is the file format you used for your files?
The file association may have been changed, see: [Tutorial] Setting the default program to open files.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the *EDIT button if your issue has been fixed.
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Re: LOST FILES after loading Open Office 4.1.5

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The files are not on your/File /Recent Documents list in OpenOffice (perhaps because you upgraded from OpenOffice version 3 to v4), but they will be in the folder in which they were Saved. Use OpenOffice /File /Open to navigate to that folder and select the desired file. As each file is opened, it will once again appear in the Recent Files list.
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Re: LOST FILES after loading Open Office 4.1.5

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This matter isn't being solved! I do not use MS word & have only used Apache/Open Office. As mentioned previously, I just upgraded the program to 4.1.5.

I'm desperate to retrieve all my files as matters a URGENT!

Pls. help!!
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I'm desperate to retrieve all my files as matters a URGENT!
You must know where you saved your document to with the previous version of the office suite, and you must know which file type did you use. Just search in your storage device by the serching function of the operating system, or use the File - Open of the newer version of the office suite: browse the existing directories.

An upgrade of the Open/LibreOffice never delete your documents.
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Re: LOST FILES after loading Open Office 4.1.5

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Junebug2222 wrote:I recently loaded on Open Office 4.1.5. Just logged into this program & all my files are gone!
Did you look in your Documents folder? We can't tell you where your files are because you specified where your files were to be saved when you saved them. We have no way of knowing where that is. Your files should still be where you saved them. Upgrading AOO or installing any program does not change where your files are. If you don't know where you saved them, you can search for them using Windows Search. If you don't know how to use Windows Search, you can do an Internet search to find instructions.
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