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vrt785
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Dec 11, 2021

Microsoft Word file names changing to .~WRD[4 Digits] and then deleting themselves

I have multiple word documents saved on an external hard drive. After upgrading to Microsoft Word for Mac Version 16.55 (21111400) and upgrading my mac to Mac OS Catalina Version 10.15.7, I started...
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faisalmustafa
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Jan 17, 2022

I experience the same issue when I save files located in folders connected to Google Drive (Version: 54.0.3.0). I hope anyone would share experience on how to solve this problem. Thanks a lot.

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    Stefan_Blom
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    Jan 18, 2022
    faisalmustafa wrote:

    I experience the same issue when I save files located in folders connected to Google Drive (Version: 54.0.3.0). I hope anyone would share experience on how to solve this problem. Thanks a lot.

     

    I suspect that the problem here is that Google Drive isn't supported as a saving location in Word/Office. 

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