Can you recover saved over paint files in W7?

I go through this process of taking a screen shot, saving it in a paint file name "One" which takes my screenshot BMP to a PNG instant convert, then I load this picture to a spread sheet.

No regardless of whether or not there is a better way to do this, I have run into an issue. I accidentally forgot to save my spread sheet before closing it. Is there a way to look at my history of the previous saved pictures, even though I saved over them?

 

Right click on the file you overwrote and select properties. Click the Previous Version tab and see if any are available.

 

LOL, I disabled that. I give thanks anyway. Lost forever.........

 

What method are you using to capture screen shots? I have the impression you're using the Print Screen key and then copying from the clipboard to Paint. Am I right? If so, why not use the Snipping Tool in Win 7? It's a more flexible way of handling screen prints.

Also, I think you would find Clipboard Manager helpful; you would be able to retrieve your lost screen shots from it, assuming you have not cleared the history in Clipboard Manager. Clipboard Manager is an enhanced clipboard that retains a history of numerous copy actions, not just the last copy action.

 

The snip tool is nice. Thanks, didn't even know it was there.

 

Snipping tool is nice, the one I use is greenshot:
http://getgreenshot.org/