Temp files saving in word & alphabetical filing

[Lisa]

Hi, just recently when saving word docs, it also seems to be saving a
'ghosted out' temp file copy as well. If i delete it, it deletes the original
copy. Can anyone explain why this has started happening and how to stop it
please. Also, in my folders, my files will not save in alphabetical/numerical
order any more, they used to and when my colleagues open the same folders,
they don't have the temp files and it's filed alphabetically. I really would
appreciate any help with this.

 

[Jerry]

There are two or three things going on here.

To get your files to display in alphabetical order, just click on "Name" at
the top of the column. If you're displaying as thumbnails, tiles, or icons,
switch to "Details" and click on "Name." This will re-alphabetize them, and
then you can switch back to the view you like.

It's not that your colleagues "don't have" the temp files. They just have
their folder options set to not show hidden files. This is a switch that
toggles from showing to hiding hidden files. Your option is to show the
files, and their option is to hide them.

The "ghosted out" temp file is created whenever you open a Word file. I just
leave them alone, because they go away if you shut down normally. Sometimes,
when you crash, an old temp file is left in your directory, and sometimes it
will think that somebody is in the file and will keep you from opening it
again. I've never experienced the behavior you report that deleting the temp
file also deleting the main file, but I guess I've never tried it. (I'm a
chicken. I don't like doing things when I don't know what it will do.)

If you don't like seeing the temp files, go to your folder options and hide
them. They'll "go away."