How do I stop Word from creating copies of deleted files?

[Andy Dunning]

I'm using Word 2000 under XP. Word or XP continues to make .tmp copies of my
files. When I try to clean out the My Documents folder, the system makes a
copy of the file I delete. Why is this, and how do I stop it so that the My
Documents file is not filled with copies of files I don't need in the first
place?
Thanks!

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word makes temporary working files in the User Temp folder, the Document
folder and the templates folder(s) which are removed when Word is closed.
See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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[Andy Dunning]

Graham,
thanks much for your reply. The problem I'm experiencing is that the
temporary files don't go away; they're hanging around in my "My Documents"
folder, and every time I try to delete them from that folder, new copies
appear. So now I have files with names like "copy of copy of blah.tmp" and
"copy (2) of copy of blah.tmp" A couple hundred of these have appeared in my
"My Documents" file and I can't make them go away. This may not be a Word
problem; maybe it's an XP thing. Don't know. But thanks for taking the time
to think about this, anyway.

Andy

 

[Graham Mayor]

This is a Windows filing system issue and you should ask in a Windows
newsgroup, but it is likely that when you select them to delete them you are
inadvertently copying them to the same folder. If you select a file and
press the DEL key does it go away then?

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