saving files -

[Rose Welch]

1. I open a spreadsheet in Excel 2000 on a WinXP system.
(all service packs for both MS Office AND Windows have
been installed and up-to-date. This includes SP2 for
WinXP) I just happened to have opened a file on our S:
(shared) drive. (the same thing occurs even if the file
is local.) 2. I then made a change to the spreadsheet
(or not it doesn't seem to matter) 3. Finally, I click
on the SAVE button, saving it in the same location in
which I opened it. (or click FILE/SAVE, your choice)

Then when I look in the folder in which the file was
SAVED and I find a new file there by the same name, but
what looks like a TEMP filename appended.

Here's an example:

I opened a file called:

GW Data.xls

Then after following the steps above I find the file:

GW Data.xls~RF986ee8.TMP

in the same folder. It kind of looks like Excel is
making a backup copy of the original spreadsheet before
overwriting it, but never deletes the backup.

 

[Nick Hodge]

Rose

Has this only appeared since installing XPSP2?

If so there are several programs that may need updates. Don't know if
XL2000 is one, but check on the XP knowledge base and see if there are any
updates for XL2000 first.

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
(e-mail address removed)