Question

[Guest]

Whenever I open a word document it puts a dulipcate image of the document (it
looks as though it is grayed out) on my computer. How can I get rid of that
dulipcate grayed out image that opens when I open a document, but disappears
when I close the document? What setting is that under? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

I believe you are talking about background saves. Thsi is what allows Word
to auto recover your document in case you lose it. You can disable this if
you so choose under options. Then click the Save tab, and un-check the
"allow background saves" box.

 

[Guest]

I tried that, but I still get that little (~) and a copy of the document
grayed it comes up as soon as I open the document. Is there a way to stop
that from happening?

 

[Guest]

It sounds like you have your Windows folder settings to show hidden files &
folders. Those are temporary files created by Word which are deleted when you
close the file. They are necessary & shouldn't be messed with but they don't
have to show.

Go to Start>Control Panel, open the Folder Options & on the View page choose
the option to _not_ show hidden files & folders (assuming you are using WinXP
- other versions of Windows present somewhat differently).

HTH |:>)

 

[Guest]

Thanks. That was it.

It sounds like you have your Windows folder settings to show hidden files &
folders. Those are temporary files created by Word which are deleted when you
close the file. They are necessary & shouldn't be messed with but they don't
have to show.

Go to Start>Control Panel, open the Folder Options & on the View page choose
the option to _not_ show hidden files & folders (assuming you are using WinXP
- other versions of Windows present somewhat differently).

HTH |:>)

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Shawn,

You're seeing Word's temporary files. In particular, the one that starts
with ~$ is the "owner" file that tells Word the document is in use. All this
is explained here:

Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632

There's no way to "stop it from happening" -- Word absolutely must have
those files in order to operate, and most of them must be in the same folder
as the document.

Your problem really is that you're editing documents that are stored
directly on the desktop, which means that the temp files are visible. If you
put the documents in any other folder on the computer, you won't see the
temp files unless you open an Explorer window to that folder while Word has
the document open. Word usually deletes its temp files as soon as you close
the document, although you should read
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm.