carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) (09/29/89)
Just wondering... not a serious problem yet:
Microsoft Word creates a temp file called "Word Temp XX" where XX is
an incrementing number every time you work with a document. I've noticed
that my SYstem folder tends to fill up with "Word Temp 1" through "Word
Temp 45" over time. (45 or some other big number).
So my question is: under what conditions does Word fail to clean up
these temp files? Is this because I'm lazy and run Shutdown fromm
MultiFinder without quitting Word first? (Mac SE/20, sys6.02).
If I quit Word some other day, will it look for all the older
Word Temp files and dlete them, or does it lose track?
TIA.
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"disclaimer? I'm not a doctor, but I do have a Master's Degree in Science!"ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (10/01/89)
I also would like to know how these things get here. They are really clogging up my system folder. Could someone give me a clue as to how to prevent Word from making these? Len Schultz
mberline@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Marty Berliner) (10/01/89)
In article <oZ9EH4_00Uzx010aIt@andrew.cmu.edu> ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes: >I also would like to know how these things get here. They are really >clogging up my system folder. Could someone give me a clue as to how to >prevent Word from making these? > There happens to be a program (INIT/CDEV) to get rid of these troublesome files called Temperament by John Rotenstein. I believe it is in the info-mac archives on sumex-aim.stanford.edu as cdev/temperament-2.hqx The cdev part of the init allows for the user to configure the program to blast ANY temporary file in the system folder, which I have found useful on several occasions ... Marty
wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli) (10/02/89)
I believe that Word creates these files to journal changes made to files (so you can do things like "Undo Typing"). Also, if you edit a number of files at once you can get many temp files in there. There are some PD programs that will delete them from your System Folder each time you restart your machine, but no names come immediately to mind. Bill Taroli WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu