Word docs save tmp copies

[Kathy]

I have a bunch of word docs I have done and word saves
them in my docs. They look like this ~WRL3588.tmp they
are just copies of my originals. When I try to delete
them to clean out my docs they multiply. Can someone help
me stop these and get rid of them?? The word program is
the one that comes in Office xp. Kathy

 

[Mark Tangard]

Kathy,

Those are Word's working files. Ordinarily they appear
when Word is open and go away when Word is closed normally.
(Operative term is 'normally'; they don't go away if Word
crashes, and therein lies many problems.) But they're
not supposed to be saved in your Temp folder, not in the
My Documents folder. That part is a puzzler.

What are the dates on the files? If they're not today,
you should be able to delete them. (Reboot first, then
try deleting from Explorer, without opening Word.)

Did someone else set up your PC? It's conceivable (though
not understandable) that someone has set the "environment
variable" that defines your Temp folder to point to your
My Docs folder. Can't imagine why though....

Post back with any other details.