What are these weird files that are saving?

[kevs1]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

IN same folder of important file I'm working on, I'm see Excel files apprearing , 9676FA00 & d9676FA00 -- that are basically the same file as the one I'm working on. Why getting these? Also did see a box, saying excel could not rename the file for me (after clicking command SAve)

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

IN same folder of important file I'm working on, I'm see Excel files
apprearing , 9676FA00 & d9676FA00 -- that are basically the same file as the
one I'm working on. Why getting these? Also did see a box, saying excel could
not rename the file for me (after clicking command SAve)

These are temporary files and may be visible if you switch to the finder to
look in a folder when Excel (or most other MS programs) has a file open. For
Excel (and probably WORD and PP, but I'm not sure) when a file is saved,
Excel makes a copy, as a temporary file, this is what you are seeing. When
the temp file has been written successfully, it renames the original to
another temp name, and then renames the first temp to the original name, and
then deletes the second temp (what was the original file.) This same process
happens during Auto-Save. Usually these files are only visible if Excel has
crashed. When excel can't rename a file, it is usually a permissions
problem. Is this folder on your hard drive? How much space is available? If
the folder is on a "thumb drive" I strongly recommend that you don't do
this. Transfer the file to your hard drive work on it, and transfer it back
when you are done. Use the finder to transfer the file, not save-as.

 

[Phillip Jones]

These are temporary files and may be visible if you switch to the finder to
look in a folder when Excel (or most other MS programs) has a file open. For
Excel (and probably WORD and PP, but I'm not sure) when a file is saved,
Excel makes a copy, as a temporary file, this is what you are seeing. When
the temp file has been written successfully, it renames the original to
another temp name, and then renames the first temp to the original name, and
then deletes the second temp (what was the original file.) This same process
happens during Auto-Save. Usually these files are only visible if Excel has
crashed. When excel can't rename a file, it is usually a permissions
problem. Is this folder on your hard drive? How much space is available? If
the folder is on a "thumb drive" I strongly recommend that you don't do
this. Transfer the file to your hard drive work on it, and transfer it back
when you are done. Use the finder to transfer the file, not save-as.

Best as I can remember, these temp files were written to an invisible
folder in OS 9 versions of Word and Excel.

Never did know the reason for the Change.

I find that these files don't disappear even if Word or Excel doesn't
crash. I thought they were supposed to as soon as you closed the file
after saving and quit the application.

This is on 2004 and 2001. I haven't used 2008 enough for stuff to go
bump in the night.

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[kevs1]

Thanks guys,
File is on regular hard drive.
I did a save as and renamed to new file. Permissions seem ok.
Keep you posted if issue remains.
But is there some preference to not get these temporary files?