CS>>>                     [Microsoft Technical Support]
CS>>> Knowledge Base
CS>>>
CS>>>      Word Creates Many Temp Files When You Save Without Closing
CS>>>
CS>>>      Article ID: Q145050
CS>>>      Creation Date: 15-AUG-1996
CS>>>      Revision Date: 10-SEP-1996
CS>>>
CS>>>      The information in this article applies to:
CS>>>           Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
CS>>>
CS>>>      SYMPTOMS
CS>>>
CS>>>      When you edit a document, including cutting and pasting large
CS>>>      amounts of text to the clipboard, and then save the document
CS>>>      multiple times, Word creates new temporary files each time you
CS>>>      save the file. A result of this behavior is that Word may stop
CS>>>      responding (hang) when all the file handles that are available in
CS>>>      Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, or 3.11 have been used.
CS>>>
CS>>>      CAUSE
CS>>>
CS>>>      Word creates temporary files to store information it needs to
CS>>>      access quickly and to prevent system errors in its file saving
CS>>>      scheme. If you open too many files, Microsoft Windows does not
CS>>>      have sufficient file handles to allocate to each open file. Word
CS>>>      does not delete the temporary files until the document is fully
CS>>>      saved (a full save is a non-Fast Save save), or you close the
CS>>>      current session of Word.
CS>>>
CS>>>      WORKAROUND
CS>>>
CS>>>      You can work around this problem by periodically closing and
CS>>>      reopening the document.
CS>>>
                              Christopher.Greaves@WESTONIA.com
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