Re: Word backup copies on IFS

Vernon

Many thanks for your detailed response.

Vernon Hamberg wrote:

.doc files with a tllde as first character are normal - they are created when a file is opened by Word and deleted (usually) when the file is closed. Sometimes they get orphaned, and you have to delete them manually. No big deal, just part of using Word.

Normal unstable MS product!

I did a google on "tilde temporary word" and found a couple items:

"Description of how Word creates temporary files" at
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632/EN-US/

"How to recover a lost file in Word 2000" at


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316950

"Word Slow to Open Documents" at

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/T0960_Word_Slow_to_Open_Documents.html

"<http://blogs.officezealot.com/joe/archive/2004/02/04/1287.aspx>Sticky ~Word<http://blogs.officezealot.com/joe/archive/2004/02/04/1287.aspx> Temp Files" at

 http://blogs.officezealot.com/joe/archive/2004/02/04/1287.aspx

and many more.

I will read all these - many thanls

You might toss this question over to the PC-TECH list here.

If I cannot solve it, I will.

Many thanks

Rob Dixon