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TMP files that don't begin with a "~$"
Whenever I or anyone at my office opens a word 2007 document, there
are some strange files being created. I understand that MS Word will always create a copy of the file you have opened and are working on and that the filename ALWAYS starts with a ~$. That is happening on our computers. What Word 2007 is also doing however is creating a temp file each time changes are saved in a document that is open. These files DO NOT go away when you exit word or close the current document. Here is a sample listing of the directory where the original opened document resides and has been opened, modified, and saved four times after making changes. This is how the directory looks with the file still open: C:\Myfiles\ mytestfile.docx ~$testfile.docx 3F796272.TMP 4D8C5B50.TMP CC126DDE.TMP 524FB59C.TMP The other thing that I noticed is that this mysterious TMP files are only created when using MS Word 2007 to save a document to a previous version of word - 97-2003. Can anyone tell me what is causing these files to be created and if there is a way to DISABLE these files from being created? Thanks! |
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TMP files that don't begin with a "~$"
You cannot stop the temporary files from being created, but apart from the
files beginning ~$, the temporary files should be created in the User Temp folder and not in the working folder. Check with a Windows forum for your OS version how to verify the user temp environment is correctly configured. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org tdoggy777 wrote: Whenever I or anyone at my office opens a word 2007 document, there are some strange files being created. I understand that MS Word will always create a copy of the file you have opened and are working on and that the filename ALWAYS starts with a ~$. That is happening on our computers. What Word 2007 is also doing however is creating a temp file each time changes are saved in a document that is open. These files DO NOT go away when you exit word or close the current document. Here is a sample listing of the directory where the original opened document resides and has been opened, modified, and saved four times after making changes. This is how the directory looks with the file still open: C:\Myfiles\ mytestfile.docx ~$testfile.docx 3F796272.TMP 4D8C5B50.TMP CC126DDE.TMP 524FB59C.TMP The other thing that I noticed is that this mysterious TMP files are only created when using MS Word 2007 to save a document to a previous version of word - 97-2003. Can anyone tell me what is causing these files to be created and if there is a way to DISABLE these files from being created? Thanks! |
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