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Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files
from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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Are you opening and saving documents to your desk top?
Temporary files are an essential part of the document creation process and cannot be avoided. They should be created in the working folders for documents, templates and add-in templates and in the user temp folder for Windows. By default they do occur invisibly. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org twersk wrote: Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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Hi Graham. That's the problem though. They are not being created invisibly.
They are little ghosts on my desktop...because the files are on my desktop. They never used to appear before and I've always had files on the desktop. Also shouldn't they go away when you close the file? They are still there! Isn't there a setting? Thanks again. bt "Graham Mayor" wrote: Are you opening and saving documents to your desk top? Temporary files are an essential part of the document creation process and cannot be avoided. They should be created in the working folders for documents, templates and add-in templates and in the user temp folder for Windows. By default they do occur invisibly. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org twersk wrote: Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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The temp (.tmp) files are Hidden files but if you are showing all files,
including hidden, then they will display. To turn off the view of Hidden files, open the Windows Explorer, go to Tools/Folder Options, and on the View tab select "Do not show hidden files or folders." Additionally, the reason you see them on your Desktop is because the document you are opening is stored on your Desktop. Word will create some temp files in the same folder as the document. If you don't want to see the temp files on your Desktop and do not want to turn off the display of Hidden files, move your document(s) off the Desktop and use a shortcut to the documents, or folder, instead. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "twersk" wrote in message ... Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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The temp (.tmp) files are Hidden files but if you are showing all files,
including hidden, then they will display. To turn off the view of Hidden files, open the Windows Explorer, go to Tools/Folder Options, and on the View tab select "Do not show hidden files or folders." Additionally, the reason you see them on your Desktop is because the document you are opening is stored on your Desktop. Word will create some temp files in the same folder as the document. If you don't want to see the temp files on your Desktop and do not want to turn off the display of Hidden files, move your document(s) off the Desktop and use a shortcut to the documents, or folder, instead. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "twersk" wrote in message ... Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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They are created invisble by default, but your system has been changed, to
not see them goto a Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View, select "Do not show hidden files and folders". If you check this you lose this facility in all Explorer operations and other application dialog boxes, which you may not want. Also, I would consider working with application files not on the Desktop, but within folders for the particular project/customer/whatever, some collegues of mine have had trouble with Word and other apps files and I put it down to them using the desktop as a working area. Hope this helps DeanH "twersk" wrote: Hi Graham. That's the problem though. They are not being created invisibly. They are little ghosts on my desktop...because the files are on my desktop. They never used to appear before and I've always had files on the desktop. Also shouldn't they go away when you close the file? They are still there! Isn't there a setting? Thanks again. bt "Graham Mayor" wrote: Are you opening and saving documents to your desk top? Temporary files are an essential part of the document creation process and cannot be avoided. They should be created in the working folders for documents, templates and add-in templates and in the user temp folder for Windows. By default they do occur invisibly. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org twersk wrote: Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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They should go away when the calling application (Word or Outlook) is
closed. If they remain then you can delete them. You may need to reboot before you can delete them. You can hide them from Windows Explorer Tools Folder Options View Hidden Files & Folders, but it is not a good idea to do so. Much better to know a problem exists rather than have it hidden from you. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org twersk wrote: Hi Graham. That's the problem though. They are not being created invisibly. They are little ghosts on my desktop...because the files are on my desktop. They never used to appear before and I've always had files on the desktop. Also shouldn't they go away when you close the file? They are still there! Isn't there a setting? Thanks again. bt "Graham Mayor" wrote: Are you opening and saving documents to your desk top? Temporary files are an essential part of the document creation process and cannot be avoided. They should be created in the working folders for documents, templates and add-in templates and in the user temp folder for Windows. By default they do occur invisibly. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org twersk wrote: Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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thx for all the help to all
"Beth Melton" wrote: The temp (.tmp) files are Hidden files but if you are showing all files, including hidden, then they will display. To turn off the view of Hidden files, open the Windows Explorer, go to Tools/Folder Options, and on the View tab select "Do not show hidden files or folders." Additionally, the reason you see them on your Desktop is because the document you are opening is stored on your Desktop. Word will create some temp files in the same folder as the document. If you don't want to see the temp files on your Desktop and do not want to turn off the display of Hidden files, move your document(s) off the Desktop and use a shortcut to the documents, or folder, instead. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "twersk" wrote in message ... Can somebody please tell me how to avoid seeing the squiggly ghost temp files from appearing on my desktop everytime I open a Word doc? Sometimes I can't even delete them because they can't be found anymore...even though they are on my desktop! I know they are supposed to be saving the doc...but why can't it occur invisibly? |
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