I was perusing my word docs looking for something this morning and I found myself thinking…“wow, my wife has been writing prolifically lately, look at all these docs…”
Then I noticed they were all dups of their parent doc. Why does XP back-up every damn file?
Is there anyway to make it stop? We don’t need back-ups of the Phlosphr Family Reunion Telephone List… Jeez!
Where do I shut the back-ups off? Or can I even do this?
We might need more info first. Word generally only makes ONE backup of any given file (you can turn it off in Tools->Options->Save Tab->Always create backup copy). If you’re seeing other files, with names like $TMP…, those aren’t really backups; they’re autorecover files (you can turn that feature off in the same dialog). Autorecover files should be invisible (hidden), and they’ll go away of their own accord eventually.