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preventing clone files on desktop
i use office 2000 and word has been duplication files onto my desktop. They
often begin with a tilda (~) or $...how do i revent this from occuring? Thanks Joanne |
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You can turn off viewing hidden and system files. These are temporary files.
Word can create dozens of them while you work on a single document, but once you close Word they should be gone. If you don't like seeing them, either don't work on documents from your desktop, or hide hidden and system files by doing the opposite of the instructions here (See "show file extensions..."): http://www.officearticles.com/misc/f...oft_office.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Joanne" wrote in message news  i use office 2000 and word has been duplication files onto my desktop. They often begin with a tilda (~) or $...how do i revent this from occuring? Thanks Joanne |
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:31:10 -0700, Joanne
wrote: i use office 2000 and word has been duplication files onto my desktop. They often begin with a tilda (~) or $...how do i revent this from occuring? Thanks Joanne Those are Word's temporary files, explained at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632. Word can't work without them, and it can't put them anywhere except in the folder where the document is stored. Normally, Word deletes them when it's closing down; they may be left behind during a program crash. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm for cleanup procedures. IMPORTANT: don't try to delete temp files while Word is open (or Outlook, if it uses Word as the email editor) -- that could cause data loss. There are two possible solutions to their visibility on the desktop: (1) ignore them and let them go away by themselves, or (2) don't store any documents directly on the desktop. You can have shortcuts on the desktop to documents that are in other folders, and then the temp files will stay out of sight. To make a shortcut, right-click the document's icon in Windows Explorer and choose Send To Desktop. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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