This is a _bad_ idea. When Word is closed and is not being used as Outlook's
email editor it should not appear in the processes. If it does, it is still
running for some reason. Ending the process is the equivalent of
deliberately crashing Word. Not a solution I would recommend for cleaning up
stranded files.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Larry Lester" wrote in message
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Another option--
With Word closed, access Windows Task Manager (Alt+Ctrl+Del).
Select Processes
Select WinWord.Exe
Click End Process
Eureka-- now you can delte the tmp file.

In passing, if you have more than one WinWord process open--and it
happens--Word Table functions do not work properly. Same solution.

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Larry Lester


"Erika" wrote:

I understand how TMP files work but I thought after you close out of word
they should go away automatically - any ideas on why they are not
deleting
automatically after I close completely out of Office? (Office XP)