Temporary files

[Guest]

After installing Office 2003, every file I open is copied in Explorer at least twice - one looks something like this: "~$Miscellaneous.doc" and one "~WRL0001.tmp", both are greyed-out, both copies of the same active file. How can I get rid of them? I use Word 2002.

Thanks in advance, Marli

 

[Jezebel]

They're meant to be there. They get deleted by Word when it closes.

After installing Office 2003, every file I open is copied in Explorer at

least twice - one looks something like this: "~$Miscellaneous.doc" and one
"~WRL0001.tmp", both are greyed-out, both copies of the same active file.
How can I get rid of them? I use Word 2002.

 

[Graham Mayor]

This is normal. These are temporary working files created by Word. You
obviously have 'all files' selected as the file type in the 'File open'
dialog. The files should be deleted when you close the document and/or Word.

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[Marge O'Brien]

This is normal. These are temporary working files created by Word. You
obviously have 'all files' selected as the file type in the 'File open'
dialog. The files should be deleted when you close the document and/or Word.

As I mentioned in a separate post a minute ago, my 22 ".tmp" files
defy deletion and have survived many document and Word closures.

They're as seemingly indestructible as Frankenstein, and yet......

mob

 

[Graham Mayor]

As I mentioned in a separate post a minute ago, my 22 ".tmp" files
defy deletion and have survived many document and Word closures.

They're as seemingly indestructible as Frankenstein, and yet......

mob

Reboot, which should free them, then delete.

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[Guest]

Thanks, everyone. I haven't had them before and am not impressed. I'm experiencing other problems with the new office which I shall ask about and am beginning to wish I'd never got it. But am very impressed with these support columns!

Marl

----- Marli wrote: ----

After installing Office 2003, every file I open is copied in Explorer at least twice - one looks something like this: "~$Miscellaneous.doc" and one "~WRL0001.tmp", both are greyed-out, both copies of the same active file. How can I get rid of them? I use Word 2002.

Thanks in advance, Marli

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You *have* had them before, but you may not have seen them. In Word's File
Open dialog, they are not displayed unless you have "Files of type" set to
"All Files." In Windows Explorer, I believe you won't see them unless you
have hidden files and folders displayed (recommended).

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Thanks, everyone. I haven't had them before and am not impressed. I'm

experiencing other problems with the new office which I shall ask about and
am beginning to wish I'd never got it. But am very impressed with these
support columns!

Marli

----- Marli wrote: -----

After installing Office 2003, every file I open is copied in Explorer

at least twice - one looks something like this: "~$Miscellaneous.doc" and
one "~WRL0001.tmp", both are greyed-out, both copies of the same active
file. How can I get rid of them? I use Word 2002.