From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: September 19, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: ~w or ~s files?
>
> Leo,
> Hi Leo, please help me with this, I am running Windows Xp
> professional and office xp. Everytime when I open, edit or
> create word document there will be copy of that document with
> prefix of "~w" or ~s. they look like the hidden files. how
> can I eliminate this?
You can't. Those are temporary files which are created by
office applications while you have your document open. They
should be deleted automatically when you close the application.
If not, you can delete them manually.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
Article 10738
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