Re: Temp files multiplying like rabbits.

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:57:48 -0600

Some find it amusing that MS admits to still using DOS commands even in
versions of Windows that are supposedly no longer built on DOS. <g> 

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"Tom Smith" <tom.smith68@[remove]> wrote in message
news:eU0y$kREEHA.1128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> From the KB article:
>
> <<Word gains significant performance speed by placing the temporary file
in
> the same directory as the saved file. If Word placed the temporary file
> elsewhere, it would have to use the MS-DOS COPY command to move the
> temporary file from the other directory to the saved location. By leaving
> the temporary file in the same directory as the saved document file, Word
> can use the MS-DOS MOVE command to quickly designate the temporary file as
> the saved document.>>
>
> Doesn't sound satisfactory for you, but at least there does seem to be a
> reason . . . T
> "Top Spin" <ToppSpin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7q4s50tq548b17s35jk277g7gof9ie66sl@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 16:05:01 -0500, Jay Freedman
> > <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > >Unless the temp files remain after you close Word, this is working as
> > >designed.
> >
> > It's while Word is still open that I am complaining about. It sounds
> > like it is *broken* as designed.
> >
> > >Read this article:
> > >
> > >How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files
> > >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632
> >
> > OK, based on that article, I can see that Word may need more than one
> > temporary file. What I cannot understand is why it won't allow me to
> > specify a different location other than the current folder. I wold
> > even tolerate a temporary folder under the current folder. At least
> > then I would only have one extra entry in that folder.
> >
> >
> >
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