creating temp file in word

[Ojan Pohatu]

How do I stop a second copy or temp (.tmp) file from creating itself when
you open up the original file in word.
Eg. if I open a word doc on my lan drive, a second .tmp file with the same
name and the ~ symbol opens also on that drive. If I turn off autorecover
it still appears their, I know it is not the autorecover doc as that saves
itself to another location that I have specifed in tools\options\file
locations.
I need to stop the second .tmp file creating itself as when i try to save a
new or edited document, it looks like it has saved it and then word stops
responding. I have plenty of space in the directory and server to save the
documents. I sometimes get autorecover doc failed msg as well.
If I edit or create and save excel docs no problems, only with Word.
Can anyone help me? I think the problem is related to the .tmp copy of the
file when I open the file. I have deleted all of these .tmp files but still
word stops responding when trying to save any docs from any drive lan or
local.

Thanking anyone that may have any suggestions or answers.

Ojan

 

[Jezebel]

Word ALWAYS creates a tmp file, and always has. When you're working on a
file in Word, you're not actually working on the original, but on a copy --
precisely, you're working on the tmp file. When you save and close the
document, the contents of the tmp file are written over the original and the
tmp file is deleted. The tmp files sometimes get left behind if Word
terminates unexpectedly.

What do you mean by "it looks like it has saved it" ? Looks like it to whom?
Whatever your problem with saving is, the tmp file itself has nothing to do
with it.