temp file

[Jeff]

Hi,
I know that in WORD 2000 and Word 2002, whenever we open a
file, word will create the temp file in the same location
as the original file. Is there any way that i can set
where the temp file to be created?Thanks in advance

regards...Jeff

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi,
I know that in WORD 2000 and Word 2002, whenever we open a
file, word will create the temp file in the same location
as the original file. Is there any way that i can set
where the temp file to be created?Thanks in advance

No, that's the way it has to work. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 for an explanation.

 

[Jeff]

Hi,
Since so, after saving the file and upon exiting, the
~wxxxx.tmp file should have disappear. How come i saw a
lot of them in my folders?

regards...Jeff

 

[Jay Freedman]

Some of the leftover temp files may be bits of text that you copied to
the clipboard, as explained in the section "The Location of Temporary
Files When You Close a File" at the end of the article. In other
cases, it seems that Word just loses track of its temp files and
abandons them.

You can use the cleanup procedure in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm to remove the
garbage periodically.