Unwanted shortcuts

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Suddenly, whenever I open an Excel or Word document, a shortcut to it is
placed in c:\documents and settings\me. If I open the same doc 7 times, I get
7 shortcuts.
What's causing this, and how do I stop it?
 
MS Word / Excel would be creating a temporary file whenever you open a
document. This should be automatically deleted when you close the document.
Does it not ? This is normal.
 
donbowyer said:
Hi Jonybrv. No they are not deleted when I close the document. I have
to do it manually.
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Try posting your question in one of the newsgroups for MS Office. Here
is a list of all the MS newsgroups so you can find the right one for
your question:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Malke
 
HOW TO: Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875

HOW TO: Configure a System Policy to Control the Recently Used File List in
an Office XP Program
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307949

HOW TO: Clear the Most Recently Used Files List in an Office 2003 Program by
Modifying the Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826208

HOW TO: Clear the Most Recently Used Files List in an Office XP Program by
Modifying the Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312968



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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Is it possible that you have the speech recognition enabled, and that your microphone is
not muted?
 
Give us some more information on this.

Do you see any difference in the file name that you open and the one that is
saved under "c:\documents and settings\me" ?

Do you have the original file in the same folder ?
 
Many thanks to all who tried to help with this problem.
It's taken a while to sort it, but turns out it was due to some software I
installed which plays with Windows XP Shell. I removed it & the problem went.
Thanks again
Don
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t.cruise said:
Is it possible that you have the speech recognition enabled, and that your microphone is
not muted?
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donbowyer said:
Suddenly, whenever I open an Excel or Word document, a shortcut to it is
placed in c:\documents and settings\me. If I open the same doc 7 times, I get
7 shortcuts.
What's causing this, and how do I stop it?
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Hi Don,

Which software was that?

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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donbowyer said:
Many thanks to all who tried to help with this problem.
It's taken a while to sort it, but turns out it was due to some software I
installed which plays with Windows XP Shell. I removed it & the problem
went.
Thanks again
Don
--
donwb


t.cruise said:
Is it possible that you have the speech recognition enabled, and that
your microphone is
not muted?
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donbowyer said:
Suddenly, whenever I open an Excel or Word document, a shortcut to it
is
placed in c:\documents and settings\me. If I open the same doc 7 times,
I get
7 shortcuts.
What's causing this, and how do I stop it?
Click to expand...
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