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Thread ID: 47820 2004-08-06 13:05:00 Office 2003 creating strange files Chemical Ali (118) Press F1
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258911 2004-08-06 13:05:00 A while ago I had to use the recovery discs for my laptop as I had stupidly deleted all of the hidden files in the D: partition.
I am 99.99% sure that that went okay and I reinstalled all of my programs including Microsoft Office 2003.

Now, whenever I create/start a new Word/Visio/Powerpoint etc document using Micro$oft Office 2003 and save it I notice that I have similarly titled docs stored in the same folder as my currently being worked on document.
The title is almost identical to the original save for a couple of characters or it is a 'temp' file --
(eg): myego.doc -$myego.doc (except the dash is actually curled not straight)

Any ideas on why Office is doing this and if/how I can stop it??
Chemical Ali (118)
258912 2004-08-06 13:09:00 You simply have view hidden files enabled,its what office does and it disapears when you save or close the document your working on. metla (154)
258913 2004-08-06 13:10:00 Thanks Metla! Chemical Ali (118)
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