Re: temporary files created when saving a document as
- From: Constance <Constance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:10:02 -0700
Hi Bob,
thanks for responding to my post so quickly.
I am a bit concerned on why Microsoft would create the permissions Read Write
but not allow their Office products to work this way. I don't understand
this at all. If I just want to be able to add files to a directory, I should
be able to do this by doing a "Save As" in any existing document wherever it
is located.
So is there no way we can change the location of the "temp" files that Word
creates when creating a new file?
c
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
> Hi Constance,
>
> For a file of that name to be in a folder other than
> where you started would indicate that a file of that name
> was there previously and then opened. If you're
> saving it as the same name then it is a modified version
> of that file. If you use File=>Save As and use a new
> name you should be able to save it, but Word needs to
> be able to delete it's old temp files or you can
> sweep them with a search using ~$*.*;*.tmp, but it's
> a bit messier.
>
> This article describes how Word uses temp files. The
> ~$yourfilename.doc one is created in the directory of the
> document you open to let Windows know the file is in use.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;211632&FR=1
>
> In some cases you may be able to take advantage of the
> setting in Tools=>Options=>Save
> [x]'Make local copy...'
> in Word if you're talking about using a server drive,
> but otherwise Word uses delete and rename/replace as
> part of the way it works.
>
> =====
> <<"Constance" <Constance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:41E98624-2B1B-43E7-B51C-D03AEF3AF88B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I have summer.doc open on my computer. I do a "File, Save As" and select a
> directory on the network that has Read Write permissions only (no modify or
> delete). When I try to save the document, I get an error that says "Word
> cannot complete the save due to a file permission error".
>
> I take a look at the folder and notice that there is already a document
> called summer.doc - which is created by Word as a "temporary" file. We have
> the same problem with all the office products. This causes a problem because
> we can't save any office documents to this folder. THe permissions on this
> folder need to be set to Read Write only (users cannot modify or delete any
> existing files). What can we do to work around this problem? Is there a way
> we can change the default location of the temporary files Office creates?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input on this matter.
>
> Constance>>
> --
> Let us know if this helped you,
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
> Office 2003 Editions explained
> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx
>
>
>
.
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