mysterious temp files

[Guest]

one of my clients has some word temp files slowly populating one of his
directories, and i can't seem to easily find any documentation as to why this
is happening. i'm thinking maybe its because of some autosave feature, but
if someone has a suggestion on how i can deactivate it short of doing a word
data registry key hack, that would be much appreciated... thanks!

word 2003

 

[Jay Freedman]

one of my clients has some word temp files slowly populating one of his
directories, and i can't seem to easily find any documentation as to why this
is happening. i'm thinking maybe its because of some autosave feature, but
if someone has a suggestion on how i can deactivate it short of doing a word
data registry key hack, that would be much appreciated... thanks!

word 2003

It isn't autosave, which doesn't create temp files.

Usually temp files are left behind when Word crashes (see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm, which also
discusses what to do about them). Sometimes Word just loses track of
them and abandons them. Infrequently, the folder -- usually on a
network -- is set with access rights that don't allow Word to delete
them.