~$ (1K) version & .tmp file appear upon opening documents

[Enigma]

??? Upon opening any document, a ~$ (1K) version of the document appears in
the folder menu. When a document is saved, the document and a ~WRL3436.tmp
file appear in the folder menu. When the original document is closed the ~$
and temporary file also disappear. This just started happening a few days
ago. I have WinXP Student P4 with Word 2007. Could this be caused by a recent
automatic update installed? Is my PC infected or is this a program error? How
can this be corrected or should it be left alone? Has anyone else had this
problem? Please help.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Bonjour Mlle de Beauvoir,

I love your dear departed namesake's books!

You've landed in a discussion group for users of Mac versions of Word, which
are subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) different from the PC versions --
and importantly in your case, run on a totally different operating system.
Although there are several people here who are experts in both Mac and PC,
and they may come by soon, you're likely to get quicker results in a
discussion group for PC Word. Start here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Yours existentially,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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??? Upon opening any document, a ~$ (1K) version of the document appears in
the folder menu. When a document is saved, the document and a ~WRL3436.tmp
file appear in the folder menu. When the original document is closed the ~$
and temporary file also disappear. This just started happening a few days
ago. I have WinXP Student P4 with Word 2007. Could this be caused by a recent
automatic update installed? Is my PC infected or is this a program error? How
can this be corrected or should it be left alone? Has anyone else had this
problem? Please help.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Simone:

This is normal function for Word. The "~$" fie is the "Lock" file that
tells other users on the system who has the file open, if they also try to
open it.

The .tmp file is Word's internal scratch-pad that stores all of the changes
you have made to the document, in case you want to undo any of them.

The only change is that for some reason these files have become visible to
you. Chances are you have made a change that has made "Files of type: ALL"
visible in one of the settings you applied to Windows Explorer.

Don't worry about it: you should be worried if those files were NOT there...

Cheers

??? Upon opening any document, a ~$ (1K) version of the document appears in
the folder menu. When a document is saved, the document and a ~WRL3436.tmp
file appear in the folder menu. When the original document is closed the ~$
and temporary file also disappear. This just started happening a few days
ago. I have WinXP Student P4 with Word 2007. Could this be caused by a recent
automatic update installed? Is my PC infected or is this a program error? How
can this be corrected or should it be left alone? Has anyone else had this
problem? Please help.

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[CyberTaz]

See Clive's post if you want a more detailed explanation, but what you are
seeing has always been the case - those temporary files have simply been
Hidden in the past. It is perfectly normal as they are used by Word for
maintaining your Undo capability as well as other purposes while the "real"
file is in use. Simply ignore them - as you've found, they'll go away

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Enigma]

Thank you John, for taking the time to explain the meanings and functions of
those files. I am fairly "computer illiterate" and am trying to learn. I had
not made any changes to my PC's settings; I try not to "mess" with things
which I do not understand. Thanks to you, such files are now hidden again.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Simone:

You are more than welcome: thanks for bothering to stop back and tell us
what happened.

Always remember that a computer is a matchbox-sized pile of melted sand!!
That's ALL it is -- It should be scared of YOU, not the other way around.

Knowledge is power -- be powerful -- to quote our good friend Clive in here:
"Bend it to your will"

Not only will you then get all you paid for, you will enjoy yourself

Cheers

Thank you John, for taking the time to explain the meanings and functions of
those files. I am fairly "computer illiterate" and am trying to learn. I had
not made any changes to my PC's settings; I try not to "mess" with things
which I do not understand. Thanks to you, such files are now hidden again.

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]