We use Office 2000 on Windows XP network. I have a user that seems to be
saving backups to Word documents. I checked Tools, Options, Save and the
Always create backups is NOT checked. She also had Version turned on, but
with that turned off, it was still generating backups. Where do we look for
any other options for this?

Glen wrote:
We use Office 2000 on Windows XP network. I have a user that seems
to be saving backups to Word documents. I checked Tools, Options,
Save and the Always create backups is NOT checked. She also had
Version turned on, but with that turned off, it was still generating
backups. Where do we look for any other options for this?

Exactly what (filename and extension) and where are these "backups"? Could
they be temporary files (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632)? What
are their sizes in relation to the current document file?

There aren't any other options in Word (except for the unlikely one of a
macro you don't know about) but there are some possibilities in the
configuration of the folders the documents live in. If the user doesn't have
permissions to modify and/or delete files in those folders, it's possible
that Word isn't allowed to do its normal cleanup of temp files when it
exits.

Try the cleanup steps in
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and then watch what
new "backups" appear.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

Jay, the extension on the backup is wbk and are saved in the same file as the
document. I do not see any tmp files in this folder at all so I don't think
this is where the tmp files are. I will have to look into this further.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Glen wrote:
We use Office 2000 on Windows XP network. I have a user that seems
to be saving backups to Word documents. I checked Tools, Options,
Save and the Always create backups is NOT checked. She also had
Version turned on, but with that turned off, it was still generating
backups. Where do we look for any other options for this?

Exactly what (filename and extension) and where are these "backups"? Could
they be temporary files (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632)? What
are their sizes in relation to the current document file?

There aren't any other options in Word (except for the unlikely one of a
macro you don't know about) but there are some possibilities in the
configuration of the folders the documents live in. If the user doesn't have
permissions to modify and/or delete files in those folders, it's possible
that Word isn't allowed to do its normal cleanup of temp files when it
exits.

Try the cleanup steps in
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and then watch what
new "backups" appear.

--
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.

If "Always create backup copy" is disabled then no NEW .wbk files should be
appearing. If you delete those that are there already, do you keep getting
new ones?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Glen" wrote in message
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Jay, the extension on the backup is wbk and are saved in the same file as
the
document. I do not see any tmp files in this folder at all so I don't
think
this is where the tmp files are. I will have to look into this further.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Glen wrote:
We use Office 2000 on Windows XP network. I have a user that seems
to be saving backups to Word documents. I checked Tools, Options,
Save and the Always create backups is NOT checked. She also had
Version turned on, but with that turned off, it was still generating
backups. Where do we look for any other options for this?

Exactly what (filename and extension) and where are these "backups"?
Could
they be temporary files (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632)?
What
are their sizes in relation to the current document file?

There aren't any other options in Word (except for the unlikely one of a
macro you don't know about) but there are some possibilities in the
configuration of the folders the documents live in. If the user doesn't
have
permissions to modify and/or delete files in those folders, it's
possible
that Word isn't allowed to do its normal cleanup of temp files when it
exits.

Try the cleanup steps in
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and then watch
what
new "backups" appear.

--
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.

Hi Glen,

The .wbk files are indeed the ones created when the "Always create backups"
option is checked. If new ones are still being created when the option is
unchecked, then you may have a corrupted registry key. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...eySettings.htm. (In my mind,
the sections in that article are slightly out of order. Read "How to
preserve your Settings preferences" before "Deleting/Renaming the entire
Data key".)

--
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.

Glen wrote:
Jay, the extension on the backup is wbk and are saved in the same
file as the document. I do not see any tmp files in this folder at
all so I don't think this is where the tmp files are. I will have to
look into this further.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Glen wrote:
We use Office 2000 on Windows XP network. I have a user that seems
to be saving backups to Word documents. I checked Tools, Options,
Save and the Always create backups is NOT checked. She also had
Version turned on, but with that turned off, it was still generating
backups. Where do we look for any other options for this?

Exactly what (filename and extension) and where are these "backups"?
Could they be temporary files
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632)? What are their sizes in
relation to the current document file?

There aren't any other options in Word (except for the unlikely one
of a macro you don't know about) but there are some possibilities in
the configuration of the folders the documents live in. If the user
doesn't have permissions to modify and/or delete files in those
folders, it's possible that Word isn't allowed to do its normal
cleanup of temp files when it exits.

Try the cleanup steps in
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and then
watch what new "backups" appear.

--
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.