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Problem with Temporary Files
Hi:
I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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Problem with Temporary Files
Word creates one of those each time you open a file; it should delete it
when you close the file, but they can get left behind for various reasons, usually if Word terminates abnormally. The fact that you now see them just means that the Windows Explorer setting for displaying 'hidden and system' files has been switched on (likely to have been changed by the person who removed the virus). These files do no harm apart from taking up a little space; but they also serve no purpose except in respect of documents that are currently open. Close Word, then delete them all. "Jim G" Jim wrote in message ... Hi: I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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Problem with Temporary Files
As Jezebel says, these are normal and okay to delete when they're not
locked. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- 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. "Jim G" Jim wrote in message ... Hi: I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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Problem with Temporary Files
Thanks, Suzanne. I reset the option to not show hidden files and folders in
Explorer and all is back to notmal again when I look at the Word files in the My Documents folder on my hard drive.. Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As Jezebel says, these are normal and okay to delete when they're not locked. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- 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. "Jim G" Jim wrote in message ... Hi: I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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Problem with Temporary Files
So you've hidden them. Did you also delete them before hiding them?
-- 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. "Jim G" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. I reset the option to not show hidden files and folders in Explorer and all is back to notmal again when I look at the Word files in the My Documents folder on my hard drive.. Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As Jezebel says, these are normal and okay to delete when they're not locked. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- 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. "Jim G" Jim wrote in message ... Hi: I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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Problem with Temporary Files
Suzanne:
I didn't delete them before hiding them. When I changed to the option to hide them and they disappeared I began thinking that maybe that's the way they're supposed to be...without deleting them...because I couldn't see them before anyway. The guy with Norton who removed the virus may have changed this option setting when he was working on my computer. Is it the standard setting to have it set to hide these kinds of files in Explorer? Thanks. Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: So you've hidden them. Did you also delete them before hiding them? -- 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. "Jim G" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. I reset the option to not show hidden files and folders in Explorer and all is back to notmal again when I look at the Word files in the My Documents folder on my hard drive.. Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As Jezebel says, these are normal and okay to delete when they're not locked. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- 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. "Jim G" Jim wrote in message ... Hi: I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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Problem with Temporary Files
That probably is the standard setting, but if temp files are left over after
a crash, you *need* to delete them. Go back and read Graham's article again. -- 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. "Jim G" wrote in message ... Suzanne: I didn't delete them before hiding them. When I changed to the option to hide them and they disappeared I began thinking that maybe that's the way they're supposed to be...without deleting them...because I couldn't see them before anyway. The guy with Norton who removed the virus may have changed this option setting when he was working on my computer. Is it the standard setting to have it set to hide these kinds of files in Explorer? Thanks. Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: So you've hidden them. Did you also delete them before hiding them? -- 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. "Jim G" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. I reset the option to not show hidden files and folders in Explorer and all is back to notmal again when I look at the Word files in the My Documents folder on my hard drive.. Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As Jezebel says, these are normal and okay to delete when they're not locked. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm -- 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. "Jim G" Jim wrote in message ... Hi: I recently had a virus removed from my computer and now I have tons of temporary Word .doc files that have been created in my "My Documents" folder. These all begin with ~$ and are followed by partial or full file names of Word documents that I had previously created. How can I best and most safely remove these files? Is there any problem with leaving them on my hard drive as is? Thanks. Jim |
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