File, file, where is the file?

Anonymous · ‎02-20-2018

2016 professional, I Paste Special an Excel file into my .idw. I delete the original excel file, then double clip the embedded excel file to edit, it opens and all works very well, but where is this embedded file then stored?

J.

Mark.Lancaster · ‎02-20-2018

@Anonymous

Usually its located in your personal temp (%temp%) folder and its called some odd name..

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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2018

So, forever embedded into the idw file.

mcgyvr · ‎02-20-2018

an embedded file is embedded in the file

It can be removed/deleted from the file if you want..

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File, file, where is the file?

File, file, where is the file?

File, file, where is the file?