Excel .tmp Files

[Mike]

I see a lot of posts for this particular problem, but I am not sure I see any
answers. I have Excel 2007 on my desktop and my laptop. I have noticed that
everytime I open and close an excel file, the program leaves a .tmp file in
the same directory as the datafile. Some have speculated that this may be
happening when the 2007 office converter is installed. Is there a solution
to this problem. Thanks.

 

[Jim Rech]

I've never seen a .tmp file in the same folder as the workbook I've opened
using Excel 2007. I always see a hidden file of the same name except with a
~ in front of it. This is normal and it is deleted when the workbook is
closed.

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Jim
|I see a lot of posts for this particular problem, but I am not sure I see
any
| answers. I have Excel 2007 on my desktop and my laptop. I have noticed
that
| everytime I open and close an excel file, the program leaves a .tmp file
in
| the same directory as the datafile. Some have speculated that this may be
| happening when the 2007 office converter is installed. Is there a
solution
| to this problem. Thanks.

 

[Dave Peterson]

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If those .tmp files look like: ...\VB*.tmp

I searched google again for "\vb" and .tmp and got a few hits.

One of them:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...caad1c774cc?lnk=st&q=&rnum=3#061eecaad1c774cc
or
http://snipurl.com/1339g

One person posted that they saw files that had names like: ~RF26c83af.TMP.

It was caused by AVG.

You can read her description in this thread:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...ct:autorecover"&rnum=2&hl=en#cccd4eed0638e395

or
http://snipurl.com/jyus

A while ago, someone posted back that uninstalling something called "Panda
ClientShield" fixed a similar problem.

Even if you're not running "Panda ClientShield", you could try disabling this
program to see if the problem goes away.

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ps. I didn't remember correctly. That thread from Wendy (#7) does indeed point
to AVG as the culprit.

 

[Mike]

No, these are not hidden files, and they are not deleted when the workbook is
closed; here is an example of one of the files; "FC23D53A.tmp".

 

[Mike]

Hi Dave, None of these areas seem to old the answer to my problem. It is not
a copy and paste problem, I don't own the Panda program or AVG. Here is a
sample of one of the .tmp files FC23D53A.tmp. Thanks

 

[Dave Peterson]

Are you positive that there is an extension (.tmp) on these files?

If the files really don't have any extension, then maybe something else is going
wrong.

Some background...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension) in the same folder.

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like "backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Maybe something is going wrong with that last rename step.

If you really do have that .tmp extension, do you run any AV software at all?
If yes, I'd try disabling it to see if the problem goes away.

 

[Mike]

Yes, I am positive that these are .tmp files. Here are several examples,
51D5976.tmp, 186FDCF4.tmp, FC23D53A.tmp. Also, as stated below, I do not run
AVG. I can also open each .tmp file with excel, pretty much a full copy of
what I had been working on. Thanks - Mike

 

[Dave Peterson]

My response was asking if you ran any AV (antivirus) software--not AVG.

But I don't have another guess.

Yes, I am positive that these are .tmp files. Here are several examples,
51D5976.tmp, 186FDCF4.tmp, FC23D53A.tmp. Also, as stated below, I do not run
AVG. I can also open each .tmp file with excel, pretty much a full copy of
what I had been working on. Thanks - Mike