locatio of Backup files

[Barbara White]

Using Word XP on Windows XP.

It seems that with this new release (I just upgraded a couple of
months ago), Backup files are stored in the same folder as the
active file.

Is there a way to direct Word to place Backup files elsewhere? I
can't seem to see a setting for these files in the Tools > Options >
File Locations tab. (I've reconfigured the "AutoRecover Files" part
of this page, but that doesn't seem to affect Backup files.)

Thanks for any help.

Barbara

 

[Charles Kenyon]

No, there is not. That is where they go. I suspect that the reason for this
is to avoid name conflicts and accidentally overwriting the backup for a
different document with the same name. I believe Graham Mayor has written a
utility to allow you to store a duplicate or backup in a different folder.
You might check on his site.
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Backup (.bak, .wbk) files have always been stored in the same folder, for
the reasons Charles mentions.

 

[Barbara White]

Backup (.bak, .wbk) files have always been stored in the same folder, for
the reasons Charles mentions.

I never noticed them before! Maybe I had a different View setting
configured for my Windows folders. I'll look into that aspect of it.
Thanks, everyone. --Barbara