Word Creates Many Temp Files When You Save Without Closing (145050)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
This article was previously published under Q145050 SYMPTOMS
When you edit a document, including cutting and pasting large amounts of
text to the clipboard, and then save the document multiple times, Word
creates new temporary files each time you save the file. A result of this
behavior is that Word may stop responding (hang) when all the file handles
that are available in Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, or 3.11 have been used.
CAUSE
Word creates temporary files to store information it needs to access
quickly and to prevent system errors in its file saving scheme. If you open
too many files, Microsoft Windows does not have sufficient file handles to
allocate to each open file. Word does not delete the temporary files until
the document is fully saved (a full save is a non-Fast Save save), or you
close the current session of Word.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
89247 How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files
WORKAROUND
You can work around this problem by periodically closing and reopening the
document.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/26/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB145050 |
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