Walter Jackson48 said:1. Has this been happening for a while? If not, you might have picked up a virus.
2. Does the same thing happen when you try using Save As?
3. What does it show in Look in? Try setting it to My Documents (then search there after saving).
4. What shows up in the file of type field? Set it to Word Document (*.doc)
5. Go to Tools, then Options, then Save. In the Save Word Files section, it should also be set to Word Document (*.doc)
6. If you're just editing an existing document and hitting save, the changes should stick. If that's the case, clicking the X will just close it without losing the work.
1.) Everything was fine until a couple of weeks ago. I mostly ignored it because nothing was urgent enough to need saving. It’s probably a virus; I know I caught one, and clearly, the cleanup wasn't thorough enough because every time I launch Word, I get this error: "Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable."
2.) Yeah, even when I try Save As, it just won't save.
3.) I can't find that setting; I'm using Office 2007.🤷
4.) It says: All Word Documents. I switched it to Word Documents.
5.) It says: Word Document (*.docx). Does that extension matter?
Does anyone know how to get rid of a virus? Which program should I download? I'm pretty lost since I've never really dealt with viruses before.