Temp files not dissappearing after closing out Word

[Paul]

I have noticed in both Office 2003 and 2007, that after opening up Word and
using a file, then closing it, I get those temp file icons in whatever
folder the original document was in--but they don't go away, even after
closing out Word. Most of the time a reboot will take care of it, but on
occasion I've seen these types of files months after using the original doc
itself. I was advised to have Office 2003 do a "fix and repair" from within
the program itself (not a repair install), but seeing that the same thing is
happening in Office 2007, I'm not sure that it was a bug in my installation,
so much as a particular feature that I selected/deselected. Is there
something I can do to have these files disappear on their own, without my
having to manually delete them?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Paul,

The temp files really should go away whenever you close the document they're
associated with. If none of them ever go away, that points to a problem with the
folder permissions -- right-click the folder, click Properties, and look at the
Security tab. If your login profile doesn't have both Write and Modify
permissions, then Word won't have the ability to delete files. I suspect there
may be other conditions that could interfere, but I don't know what they are;
you might ask in a Windows newsgroup.

Until you solve that problem, you can use the batch file at the end of
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm to delete them.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Paul]

Jay when I right-click either on My Documents, or on a sub-directory, I
don't have a Security tab, and I didn't see any other tab/place that listed
this information. I'll go ahead and post this in the Windows group and see
what they can tell me. Thanks for the feedback--I just assumed this was a
Word issue...

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

You missed the click Properties step.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com