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by lathe

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My OS is Win98 and I'm using MS Word 97.
The problem is when I work on word files some times it leaves the temp file and when I open the document next time it shows an error saying this file is used by the user, if I find and delete the temp file (~.tmp)then the file works fine and it repeats again later. Why this temp files are not getting deleted ? How can I fix the problem by setting up to delete the temp files as I colse the file ?

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by dmiles

Reference Microsoft Knowledgebase article
Q89247
It gives a detailed explanation why the file is temporary file is created and why it can not be edited,yet a solution is offered

by dklippert

The reason Word locks up like this is sometimes obscure, but usually it's because the original session was closed abnormally.
Word does create an AutoRecover file (.asd), which sometime actually works, but it also creates these ~*.tmp files in thenatural course of work.
Word is notorious for leaving behind what archeologist call shards, trackers call scat, and disgruntled word users call s***.
If all goes well, when you save a doc and then close it, the tmp file will be erased. This is a best case scenario; a regular house cleaning is still a good idea.
These tmp files are one of the reasons one should not work off of a floppy. The temp files are placed where the document is located and can sometime be too large for a floppy to handle.
I would recommend that you make SR-2 is installed. It won?t eliminate the problem, but you?ll have the latest fixes
SR1: http://office.microsoft.com/Downloads/9798/sr1off97detail.aspx
SR2: http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/sr2off97detail.aspx

Also look at:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Wd97mcrs.aspx

(There are no spaces in the URLs)

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