.tmp file in shared folder

[Mwila O C Mwila]

i have a problem that is puzzling me. one user, the only xp pro/xp office
user has a .tmp file created on a shared folder each time he opens and saves
an excel spreadtsheet to the shared folder or locally.
anybody have clue

 

[BrianB]

Excel does not use the file on disk but makes a .tmp file whic
overwrites the old file and is deleted when the main file is closed
Generally this is used in c:\TEMP folder but this can be changed
especially if Excel becomes confused by network settings

 

[Dave Peterson]

I've never seen xl make temp files except in the windows Temp folder.

There was recent post that blamed a specific antivirus program:

The problem was with the antivirus Panda ClientShield. When I uninstall the
antivirus I don't have any problem with Excel.

If you're not using that AV, maybe you could disable your version and see if
that fixes the problem.