PinkCouture Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Recently everytime I open a Word document, it automatically creates another document except the the file name is slightly different. For example, when I open the document "FinalPaper.doc," A similar document in a slightly invisible icon is created, "~$inalpaper.doc" Could anyone help me to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azkid Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hi Pinky, it sounds like you have another word document unsaved somewhere.......but I'll check it out........ :lost: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBoku Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 That's a backup copy just in case your computer crashes or something before you get a chance to hit save... you needn't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkCouture Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 ^ Oh ok But it wasn't like that before. Is there a way to get it stop doing it? Thanks for helping Keith and TooBoku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenistiQ Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 MS Office 07? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBoku Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 ^ Oh ok But it wasn't like that before. Is there a way to get it stop doing it? Thanks for helping Keith and TooBoku Oh... you want it to do that. It's saved my ass plenty of times. When you close word, it should get rid of that file automatically though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockTheSky Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 If I understand it correctly, backup copies have the WBK extension, not .doc. Also, if you look at the size of these files, they're considerably smaller in size than the one you work in, thus they couldn't possibly be an exact copy of the file (open them up too). Since these files are actually hidden, if you turn off "hidden files and folders" (no reason to have it turned on really) then you won't notice they're there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBoku Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 They actually aren't exact copies... they're a really primitive version of revision logs that only track a single session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien777 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 allot of the software you use today usually has this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKrenvalk Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Recently everytime I open a Word document, it automatically creates another document except the the file name is slightly different.For example, when I open the document "FinalPaper.doc," A similar document in a slightly invisible icon is created, "~$inalpaper.doc" Could anyone help me to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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