[Rachel H]

I have a new computer at work with Word 2002. When I first open a saved
document, everything looks fine. If I leave that document open, and go to
open a new document, I see a file at the top of the list with ~$ and the
document name that I have open. This has not happened before. How do I turn
that off, so it will not do it?

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Rachel,

Word always creates that file -- it's one of the standard temporary files,
as explained in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632. You see it now
but never saw it before because your new computer has a different setting in
Windows Explorer.

The best course is simply to ignore the temporary files. If it really
bothers you to see them, you can turn off the setting as follows:

- Open Windows Explorer (also known as My Computer, as if you were 4 years
old grin).
- Click Tools Folder Options.
- Click the View tab.
- Click "Do not show hidden files and folders".
- Click OK.

Sometimes you do want hidden files and folders to show. For example, if you
need to look for a template file when Word is closed, you need to look in a
folder several levels under the hidden folder C:\Documents and
Settings\your name\Application Data. You can change the setting in Windows
Explorer back and forth whenever necessary.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Rachel H wrote:
I have a new computer at work with Word 2002. When I first open a
saved document, everything looks fine. If I leave that document
open, and go to open a new document, I see a file at the top of the
list with ~$ and the document name that I have open. This has not
happened before. How do I turn that off, so it will not do it?

[Rachel H]

Thank You, however I can not check it to see if it will correct it at this
time. My work's computer is on Active Directory and a lot of our options are
disabled. I am guessing this is one of them because when I click on tools
the only option I have to choose is synchronize. I will have to get with my
IS department for their help.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Hi Rachel,

Word always creates that file -- it's one of the standard temporary files,
as explained in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632. You see it now
but never saw it before because your new computer has a different setting in
Windows Explorer.

The best course is simply to ignore the temporary files. If it really
bothers you to see them, you can turn off the setting as follows:

- Open Windows Explorer (also known as My Computer, as if you were 4 years
old grin).
- Click Tools Folder Options.
- Click the View tab.
- Click "Do not show hidden files and folders".
- Click OK.

Sometimes you do want hidden files and folders to show. For example, if you
need to look for a template file when Word is closed, you need to look in a
folder several levels under the hidden folder C:\Documents and
Settings\your name\Application Data. You can change the setting in Windows
Explorer back and forth whenever necessary.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Rachel H wrote:
I have a new computer at work with Word 2002. When I first open a
saved document, everything looks fine. If I leave that document
open, and go to open a new document, I see a file at the top of the
list with ~$ and the document name that I have open. This has not
happened before. How do I turn that off, so it will not do it?

[Graham Mayor]

Just ignore them. It is always good to know what files are being saved on
your hard drive. It should only concern you if they don't go away when you
close Word (and Outlook).

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Rachel H wrote:
Thank You, however I can not check it to see if it will correct it
at this time. My work's computer is on Active Directory and a lot of
our options are disabled. I am guessing this is one of them because
when I click on tools the only option I have to choose is
synchronize. I will have to get with my IS department for their help.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Hi Rachel,

Word always creates that file -- it's one of the standard temporary
files, as explained in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632.
You see it now but never saw it before because your new computer has
a different setting in Windows Explorer.

The best course is simply to ignore the temporary files. If it really
bothers you to see them, you can turn off the setting as follows:

- Open Windows Explorer (also known as My Computer, as if you were 4
years old grin).
- Click Tools Folder Options.
- Click the View tab.
- Click "Do not show hidden files and folders".
- Click OK.

Sometimes you do want hidden files and folders to show. For example,
if you need to look for a template file when Word is closed, you
need to look in a folder several levels under the hidden folder
C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Application Data. You can
change the setting in Windows Explorer back and forth whenever
necessary.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Rachel H wrote:
I have a new computer at work with Word 2002. When I first open a
saved document, everything looks fine. If I leave that document
open, and go to open a new document, I see a file at the top of the
list with ~$ and the document name that I have open. This has not
happened before. How do I turn that off, so it will not do it?