Recovering files from a corrupted cache for offline files

A good way to recover corrupted files is by using a file viewer, such as Quick View Plus (editor's note: from Avanstar, Inc.), which allows you to easily view files that are in the offline file cache. These are located in a hidden folder found at C:WINDOWSCSC.

Using this software, we have been able to recover over two weeks of work off of a laptop that had a corrupted file cache. Although the files are not named what they were originally, Quick View Plus allows you to do a "save as..." so that you can rename the files to something more appropriate.

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