microsoft.public.word.vba.general

The lock files are named
~$filename.doc/t

If they are not handled correctly it usually points to a permissions
problem, however some add-ins will inhibit normal file handling behaviour
(the first Acrobat 7 add-in for example). The more likely problem is that
following a crash a raft of temporary files have been left behind and
ignored - see http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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Word.user wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am facing this problem on Windows XP machines with Microsoft Word
> 2003. Intermittently when we save a document word does not seem to
> delete the ~TMP files created for that particular file, which means
> word crashes out saying do you want to recover your document.
> I believe since this ~TMP file is not deleted it is locking the
> original file, which when saved crashes out.
> Is there a particular reason or any patch available to tackle this
> issue? Thanks in Advance