[Ezreena]

While working on a word document I frequently save it several times.
I now have ALOT of "shadow" files that save as "wrl.tmp" files and I believe
them to be slowing down my system.
I do NOT have a virus.
I have defragmented my computer.
I have cleaned up the desktop icons.
My questions:
1. How do I STOP these files from auto saving?
2. How do I remove all these "shadow" files from my system?
Thank you to anyone that can help.

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ezreena,

Word uses a lot of different temp files while its working. Usually if the file names are ~wrl....tmp those are Office clipboard
files. You'll find additional details in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

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"Ezreena" wrote in message ...
While working on a word document I frequently save it several times.
I now have ALOT of "shadow" files that save as "wrl.tmp" files and I believe
them to be slowing down my system.
I do NOT have a virus.
I have defragmented my computer.
I have cleaned up the desktop icons.
My questions:
1. How do I STOP these files from auto saving?
2. How do I remove all these "shadow" files from my system?
Thank you to anyone that can help.
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

[Graham Mayor]

Temporary files should only be a problem if they are not removed by the
application that creates them. 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


Ezreena wrote:
While working on a word document I frequently save it several times.
I now have ALOT of "shadow" files that save as "wrl.tmp" files and I
believe them to be slowing down my system.
I do NOT have a virus.
I have defragmented my computer.
I have cleaned up the desktop icons.
My questions:
1. How do I STOP these files from auto saving?
2. How do I remove all these "shadow" files from my system?
Thank you to anyone that can help.