Hi,

The power went out while I writing in MS Word 2003 with SP1. (Window XP Pro
with SP2.) When I was able to restart the computer, I saved my AutoRecovered
document with a new file name and continued to work on it.

Now, every few minutes a notice interrupts my work to tell me "You cannot
save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving the file with a
new name." When I click OK, another notice appears saying "Saving the
AutoRecover is postponed for [my file name.]" This happens by itself, not
when I am saving the doc.

Word's Save options are set to Allow background saves; and Save AutoRecovery
info every 10 minutes. I tried saving the document, exiting all programs and
shutting down the computer and restarting it. That didn't help.

What is going on? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Orrie

Crashing Word causes some temp files to be left behind - 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




Orrie wrote:
Hi,

The power went out while I writing in MS Word 2003 with SP1. (Window
XP Pro with SP2.) When I was able to restart the computer, I saved my
AutoRecovered document with a new file name and continued to work on
it.

Now, every few minutes a notice interrupts my work to tell me "You
cannot save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving
the file with a new name." When I click OK, another notice appears
saying "Saving the AutoRecover is postponed for [my file name.]" This
happens by itself, not when I am saving the doc.

Word's Save options are set to Allow background saves; and Save
AutoRecovery info every 10 minutes. I tried saving the document,
exiting all programs and shutting down the computer and restarting
it. That didn't help.

What is going on? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Orrie

Graham has already answered your question, but may I provide a suggestion?
Some years back I invested what now seems like a very modest sum on a UPC
(uninterruptible power supply). This has saved me countless hours of
frustration and annoyance (at the very least, the necessity to reboot and
then recover my train of thought), not to mention lost data.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Orrie" wrote in message
...
Hi,

The power went out while I writing in MS Word 2003 with SP1. (Window XP
Pro
with SP2.) When I was able to restart the computer, I saved my
AutoRecovered
document with a new file name and continued to work on it.

Now, every few minutes a notice interrupts my work to tell me "You cannot
save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving the file with
a
new name." When I click OK, another notice appears saying "Saving the
AutoRecover is postponed for [my file name.]" This happens by itself, not
when I am saving the doc.

Word's Save options are set to Allow background saves; and Save
AutoRecovery
info every 10 minutes. I tried saving the document, exiting all programs
and
shutting down the computer and restarting it. That didn't help.

What is going on? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Orrie

Thanks, Suzanne,

Would you believe, I have two UPS's (and own stock in APC), but forgot that
I had unplugged one when I had to move some equipment. Alas, there's no
backup for that kind of failure.

Orrie


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Graham has already answered your question, but may I provide a suggestion?
Some years back I invested what now seems like a very modest sum on a UPC
(uninterruptible power supply). This has saved me countless hours of
frustration and annoyance (at the very least, the necessity to reboot and
then recover my train of thought), not to mention lost data.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Orrie" wrote in message
...
Hi,

The power went out while I writing in MS Word 2003 with SP1. (Window XP
Pro
with SP2.) When I was able to restart the computer, I saved my
AutoRecovered
document with a new file name and continued to work on it.

Now, every few minutes a notice interrupts my work to tell me "You cannot
save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving the file
with
a
new name." When I click OK, another notice appears saying "Saving the
AutoRecover is postponed for [my file name.]" This happens by itself, not
when I am saving the doc.

Word's Save options are set to Allow background saves; and Save
AutoRecovery
info every 10 minutes. I tried saving the document, exiting all programs
and
shutting down the computer and restarting it. That didn't help.

What is going on? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Orrie

Thank you, Graham.
I should have check your site first thing.

Orrie

Ouch! I feel your pain! (Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the
most. g)

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Orrie" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne,

Would you believe, I have two UPS's (and own stock in APC), but forgot
that
I had unplugged one when I had to move some equipment. Alas, there's no
backup for that kind of failure.

Orrie


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Graham has already answered your question, but may I provide a
suggestion?
Some years back I invested what now seems like a very modest sum on a
UPC
(uninterruptible power supply). This has saved me countless hours of
frustration and annoyance (at the very least, the necessity to reboot
and
then recover my train of thought), not to mention lost data.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Orrie" wrote in message
...
Hi,

The power went out while I writing in MS Word 2003 with SP1. (Window XP
Pro
with SP2.) When I was able to restart the computer, I saved my
AutoRecovered
document with a new file name and continued to work on it.

Now, every few minutes a notice interrupts my work to tell me "You
cannot
save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving the file
with
a
new name." When I click OK, another notice appears saying "Saving the
AutoRecover is postponed for [my file name.]" This happens by itself,
not
when I am saving the doc.

Word's Save options are set to Allow background saves; and Save
AutoRecovery
info every 10 minutes. I tried saving the document, exiting all
programs
and
shutting down the computer and restarting it. That didn't help.

What is going on? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Orrie