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Article #44099Word 4.0 "temp" Files
From: Richard Rosenthal
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 18:19
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 18:19
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Microsoft Word 4.0 drops "temp" files all over the place
including folders where a document is opened or saved.
Using MultiFinder I run Word open/edit/save some files
from the hard disk. No problem.
I decide to edit a file on a floppy. I open or
create a new file and then save it to the floppy.
Then I close the file.
At this point I have no windows open under Word.
I switch to the Finder leaving Word active. I drag the floppy
to the trash but it sometimes leaves behind a shadow icon.
Word sometimes leaves an open "temp" file on the floppy.
The only way to get rid of temp file is to quit completely
out of Word not just close the document associated with the
"temp" file.
Hey Microsoft, this is poor. When I close a document on a floppy
I expect all activity on that disk to have been completed so
that I can safely and permanently eject the disk.
P.S. Sometimes "temp" files are in folders on the hard disk
that I would like to put in the trash. Guess what happens!
/s/ Richard Rosenthal
richr@ai.etl.army.mil
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