Hidden Files and copies with squiggles

I hid "my document" folder without a password. When I went back in to unhide
"my
documents" folder there were 4 files that looked like this;
~$tober 12 (1mb of file October 12)
~WRL0002.tmp (exact copy of file October 12 but renamed)
~$Oct 20 (Oct 20 -1mb)
~$ec 1-2 (Dec 1-2 -1mb)
3 files were only 1mb. I'm just wondering why these are here? I had not
accessed these files recently and it seems strange they were the only ones in
a folder with about 20 other documents that this happened too. And I have
about 20 other folders in the my document folder. Could they have been opened
although I had them hidden and that is why the extra files? I have never had
this problem before although it is the first time I have hid files. Any
incite would be appreciated.

Terry
Tue Dec 19 01:49:56 CST 2006

These seem to be temporary files that Word (or Outlook) normally creates.
However, they should be deleted when Word (and Outlook) are closed. See this
MSKB article that explains how Word uses temp files:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=211632

If you have had a Word crash, it leaves these files abandoned. See this
article that tells you what to do:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/LockedFiles.htm

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"GELLIOTT" <gelliott@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:6BF6E680-FC9C-4DCF-B1A1-D81EB50C4113@microsoft.com...
>I hid "my document" folder without a password. When I went back in to
>unhide
> "my
> documents" folder there were 4 files that looked like this;
> ~$tober 12 (1mb of file October 12)
> ~WRL0002.tmp (exact copy of file October 12 but renamed)
> ~$Oct 20 (Oct 20 -1mb)
> ~$ec 1-2 (Dec 1-2 -1mb)
> 3 files were only 1mb. I'm just wondering why these are here? I had not
> accessed these files recently and it seems strange they were the only ones
> in
> a folder with about 20 other documents that this happened too. And I have
> about 20 other folders in the my document folder. Could they have been
> opened
> although I had them hidden and that is why the extra files? I have never
> had
> this problem before although it is the first time I have hid files. Any
> incite would be appreciated.

Terry
Tue Dec 19 15:51:01 CST 2006

The temp files seem to have been hanging around for a long time. You must
have opened them - even if accidentally - on those dates for temp files to
have been create. If you right-click on the files and selected Properties,
there may be some clue as to why they appeared with those dates.

Terry

"GELLIOTT" <gelliott@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:E9E54D30-1058-40BE-8F44-D86A145CE9B2@microsoft.com...
>I understand this I think but my question still is why would these files be
> the only ones created if I had not been working on them. One had not been
> accessed for a year. Does word just randomly pick files to copy say if it
> did
> crash?
>
> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>
>> These seem to be temporary files that Word (or Outlook) normally creates.
>> However, they should be deleted when Word (and Outlook) are closed. See
>> this
>> MSKB article that explains how Word uses temp files:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=211632
>>
>> If you have had a Word crash, it leaves these files abandoned. See this
>> article that tells you what to do:
>> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/LockedFiles.htm
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>>
>> "GELLIOTT" <gelliott@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:6BF6E680-FC9C-4DCF-B1A1-D81EB50C4113@microsoft.com...
>> >I hid "my document" folder without a password. When I went back in to
>> >unhide
>> > "my
>> > documents" folder there were 4 files that looked like this;
>> > ~$tober 12 (1mb of file October 12)
>> > ~WRL0002.tmp (exact copy of file October 12 but renamed)
>> > ~$Oct 20 (Oct 20 -1mb)
>> > ~$ec 1-2 (Dec 1-2 -1mb)
>> > 3 files were only 1mb. I'm just wondering why these are here? I had not
>> > accessed these files recently and it seems strange they were the only
>> > ones
>> > in
>> > a folder with about 20 other documents that this happened too. And I
>> > have
>> > about 20 other folders in the my document folder. Could they have been
>> > opened
>> > although I had them hidden and that is why the extra files? I have
>> > never
>> > had
>> > this problem before although it is the first time I have hid files. Any
>> > incite would be appreciated.
>>