turned off PC and it didn't ask me to save my notepad document...

i had a unsaved notepad document and turned my PC off and it didnt ask me if i wanted to save the notepad while shutting down. it usually does this but it didnt and now i lost everything in the notepad.

how do i have that save warning pop up again?

Sounds like a rare glitch. Windows should halt the shut-down process and ask "Are you sure..." if there is a document open that has unsaved changes. Is it possible that you could have clicked on "Yes, continue shutting down" and thereby lost your changes? A momentary lapse of concentration maybe? Just a possibility?

wiganken said:

Sounds like a rare glitch. Windows should halt the shut-down process and ask "Are you sure..." if there is a document open that has unsaved changes. Is it possible that you could have clicked on "Yes, continue shutting down" and thereby lost your changes? A momentary lapse of concentration maybe? Just a possibility?

so i do see that "are you sure message" for about a split second and then my whole screen gets covered by the Shutting Down or Restart message. it use to do what you're telling me but not anymore.

f14tomcat said:

Can you repeat this to see if it was a one-off or a real problem? Just open Notepad and type some gibberish. Then without closing Notepad, Restart or Shutdown.

yes its repeatable.

If you shutdown the computer and there is a document open with unsaved changes you should see a screen like the photo. Are you seeing this?