Word Creating Backup Files

[Nicole]

This problem began last week. I noticed that any time I shut down my computer, Word is creating a separate backup file of anything I worked on that day and saving it in my document files. It is creating a large amount of extra files that I do not need. How can this be turned off and any ideas on how it just started?

 

[Graham Mayor]

If the option to save a backup is set in tools > options > save, then that
is what you'll get and it is a good idea to do so as the time will come when
you do something stupid and you will be able to recover from it. You can
always clear the backups now and again.

If on the other hand you are talking about orphaned temporary files, then
these need to be cleared up - see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm


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[Nicole]

Thanks Graham. I think it was the first option - it was set on always create a backup. I did not set this option, so I am not sure how this happened. Would backup files need to be created if someone was spying on your computer use - like if a spyware was installed that you didn't know about and it tracked your use daily? Just a question.

 

[Graham Mayor]

No - I don't think this is it, but if you are worried about spyware download
AdAware and/or Spybot and check your machine out. I think you'll find that
it is merely a minor aberration. Word (2003 especially) seems to reset these
options at will, and I haven't bottomed the reason for it.

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