Your scanned files can show up in different places depending upon what brand of scanner you use since each brand uses its own proprietary software to process and save your scans. Even if you can't locate your file though, Windows, macOS, older versions of OS X and Linux all offer ways to find any type of file, including your scanned documents.
Finding Your Documents on a Windows PC
Most scanners connected to Windows PCs save scanned documents in either the My Documents or My Scans folder by default. On Windows 10, you may find the files in the Pictures folder, especially if you saved them as images, such as JPEG or PNG. If you don’t see your document in any of those folders, you can search your entire hard drive for it.
When searching in Windows, start typing the name of your document. Another good way to narrow down your search for a saved scan is to look only for documents of a certain file type. Most scanners save scanned documents as PDF files by default, though some might save them as JPEG image files or even as standard document file types. Document files typically end in .doc, .docx or .rtf on Windows machines. Search for a specific file type by putting an asterisk before the file extension to act as a wildcard character, such as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .jpg or *.jpeg.
In Windows 10, click in the search bar to the right of the Start icon in the taskbar and begin typing to search through your files.
In Windows 8, move your mouse to the upper right corner of the screen and swipe down, then click on “Search” and enter your file information in the search box that appears.
If you’re using Windows 7, click the Start icon and begin typing in the search box that appears at the bottom of the Start menu. If you don’t see your file in the list that begins populating as you type, click on the “See more results” link to open a separate search window that shows any files that match what you typed.
Where Do Scanned Documents Go In Windows 10 FreeFinding Your Documents on a Mac
Mac users can use Finder or Spotlight to locate scanned documents. To open Finder, click on the blue smiley face icon in your dock. Click on “All My Files” on the left in the Finder window and enter your search criteria, such as the file name or file extension in the search bar at the upper right of the Finder window.
Recently Scanned Documents Windows 10
Spotlight is another way you can search for a scan if you’re using a Mac. To use Spotlight, simply click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the menu bar and begin typing your search terms. Scanned files commonly end in .pdf and .jpeg or you may see .pages as a file extension for a document. Spotlight offers suggestions as you type to help you find files quickly.
Tips and Tricks
If you didn’t see a “Save As” prompt appear when you initially created your scan, your scanner might have given your document a default name. For many scanners, this includes the date as a sequence of numbers at the beginning of the file name. When you begin searching, try starting with the four-digit numerical year to see any documents that contain those numbers.
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When you begin to notice random errors, issues during boot or Windows components are not working as they should on your computer there is a good chance that one or more system files may have gone missing or corrupted.
Even though Windows 10 does a good job protecting files that are necessary for your PC to work correctly, applications, drivers, or even Windows Update may sometimes be the cause of system instability. Like in previous versions, for these situations, Windows 10 includes the System File Checker (SFC), a tiny but powerful command-line utility that can scan the integrity and replace any corrupted or missing protected system file with a known good version.
In this guide, we'll walk you through the steps to use System File Checker (SFC) to repair any damaged system file automatically while you're running the operating system, offline using Advanced startup, and manually when SFC is unable to fix the problem.
Before you begin, it's important to note that you'll be making changes to your system, as such it's recommended to do a full backup or create a system restore point in case things go wrong, and you need to roll back.
How to scan and repair system files on Windows 10
The following command will do a full scan of the protected system files on your computer and fix any file that are causing issues while Windows 10 is up and running.
Quick Tip: You may want to run the command around three times to fix all the problems.
How to view the details of an SFC scan
To see the details of a System File Checker stored in the CBS.Log file, you'll need to make a readable copy on your desktop:
Note: Details for SFC scans are only available when you do a scan within Windows, not when you do an offline scan on Command Prompt.
How to scan and repair system files on Windows 10 offline
Sometimes protected system files that need to be repaired are loaded in memory while Windows 10 is running. If this is the case, you can run SFC offline to fix your computer.
How to repair system files manually on Windows 10
If the System File Checker couldn't fix one or more files, you will need to repair them manually.
Open the sfclogs.txt file to determine which are the corrupted files, find where they belong by doing a simple file search or use your preferred Internet search engine to get more details. Then follow the instructions below to replace the corrupted file.
Quick Tip: You can find known good system file copies on another computer running the same version of the operating system like the one running on your PC.
After replacing the file, you can type
SFC /verifyonly command and press Enter in Command Prompt to verify the integrity of all the system files to see if the problem has been fixed. Alternatively, if you repaired only a few files, you can test the integrity of each file by using the sfc /VERIFYFILE=C:Path-and-File-Name command (e.g., sfc /VERIFYFILE=C:WindowsSystem32kernel32.dll ).
Keep in mind that you're not limited to use this utility on Windows 10, SFC is a command-line tool available on previous versions of the operating system. However, you may find different features depending on the version you're running. In Command Prompt (Admin) use the
sfc /? command to list the features available to you.
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When I scan a document with Windows Fax and Scan on Windows 8.1, the resulting file is automatically saved in the 'Scanned Documents' subfolder of the 'Documents' folder. How to change this location?
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I had the same problem and found this thread. Creating a hard link is not the best solution for me, so I decided to search in the registry for a string and found these entries:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPhoto AcquisitionDestinationMru
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HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPhoto AcquisitionScanner
'FilenameTemplate'
'VideoFilenameTemplate'
'RootDirectory'
I changed the value of all 4 keys and it worked! It was something like
E:Scans before and R:M_SCANS after.
If your default directory is somewhere in your documents folder there might be a name like
%blahblah% , which is where your variable userpath points to.
I've tested that under Windows 7 64-bit.
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This creates a linked folder (symlink, not a shortcut). It acts like a normal folder but is actually located in a different place. When the scan software saves into its default location, the files will actually be saved into
C:scans .
user33758
In Windows 10, just right-click on the Documents folder in File Explorer and select Move. Move it to the desired location by moving or without moving existing files. Fax & Scanner will now scan to the new location.
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