Re: Normal.dot and deletion of ~*normal.dot, recycle bin

Yes, you're absolutely right because once, when deleting, I noticed something
about "shortcut." I do right click on the now what I know to be shortcuts.
I opened them and deleted them. Thank you so much for your help. I am,
indeed, anxious to move on for I didn't have one problem with Microsoft
Office XP. I certainly appreciate your patience, expertise, willingness and
help.

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Where exactly are you right-clicking and are you clicking any other
command??

I thought you might be viewing the Windows Search Results. I suspect
what you are seeing are shortcuts rather than actual files. When you
access a file a shortcut is created and placed in the Recent Documents
folder. Check the location of each of the files you see to determine
if this is the case.

One this is resolved then we'll move on the to the prompt to save
Normal.dot and your page margins issue.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

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"D Wilson" <DWilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6A93FDA4-809F-43EE-A26B-3C222CD2F3D6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I right clicked and a new, empty Word doc opened. I did reset some
of the
"format page" portion and it always asked me (paraphrased): This
will change
the global template. Do you still want to change it? I unchecked
the PROMPT
TO SAVE NORMAL TEMPLATE. Each time a new normal.dot has been made
it was
made in "Windows Search Results." There are NOW two files and two
folders
named Normal.dot in there. Thanks for helping, Beth.

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Okay, take a deep breath, slow down, and we'll tackle this one
piece
at a time. :-)

First, ~$Normal.dot is a temporary file, called an owner file, that
is
created when a document is opened and is deleted when the file is
closed. It's used to determine if a file is already opened by
another
user. IOW, don't worry about these too much at this point.

What do you mean by "I right-clicked the folder be several others
were
created anyway"? After right-clicking did you also click a command?
If
so, what was it? What was created? Folders? Files? Where were you
when
you right-clicked? In the Windows Search Results? The Windows
Explorer?

Start with this and we'll go from there.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"D Wilson" <DWilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DAAA8D51-0BF0-421F-B1B1-3BB777CFED57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I couldn't change margins in Word. Was told where to find
Normal.dot. I
RIGHT clicked on folder but several others were created anyway.
Thought the
problem with Word was fixed but now there is no folder for
~*normal.dot. I
can't find it anywhere and I searched and searched. Also,
recycle
bin shows
"empty" but I know it's not. It won't let me open it. I am
running
Windows
Professional 2003 and Microsoft Office Professional 2003. Please
help me,
AGAIN!!






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