Word and Temp Files

[DanSull]

Users are opening word documents on a server and word is creating the
appropriate temp files. Because the users don't have delete rights on the
file share, the temp files are not removed when they close the document.

Is there anyway short of giving them delete rights to remedy this?
Is the temp file create location configurable in any way?

Thanks for your help

Dan

 

[Pop`]

Users are opening word documents on a server and word is creating the
appropriate temp files. Because the users don't have delete rights
on the file share, the temp files are not removed when they close the
document.

Is there anyway short of giving them delete rights to remedy this?
Is the temp file create location configurable in any way?

Thanks for your help

Dan

Umm, that doesn't sound right. Word, if closed properly, will delete all
the temp files it had opened. It sounds like something else is at work
there.

Pop`

 

[Dan Freeman]

Umm, that doesn't sound right. Word, if closed properly, will delete
all the temp files it had opened. It sounds like something else is
at work there.

Pop`

Sounds about right to me. If users don't have delete rights, Word certainly
won't. The only surprise is that users have create rights.

It's an over-configured network. If the configuration is fixed so that users
can do their normal jobs, the problem will go away. It's a constant battle
with corporate IT teams who like to lock down everything so tightly that
nobody can get any work done.

Dan

 

[Pop`]

Sounds about right to me. If users don't have delete rights, Word
certainly won't. The only surprise is that users have create rights.

It's an over-configured network. If the configuration is fixed so
that users can do their normal jobs, the problem will go away. It's a
constant battle with corporate IT teams who like to lock down
everything so tightly that nobody can get any work done.

Dan

Good catch Dan; I stand corrected as that would certainly account for it.

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