Re: Word backup copies on IFS

[Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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