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Word collapses spontaneously
Thank you for your suggestions. I did a search to locate those "~$" files, and I found several. I opened the first Word file and deleted it. Then I did a search for it without the "~$" prefix, and it was gone. So, now I know that there may only be one version of a doc saved. I am mainly looking for a way to stop the collapses; I don't really have a problem reopening the docs after forcing Word to close (except that my auto-save doesn't seem to be helping me). I didn't mention before that I have another PC here, running Win 10. I've installed that Word APP on it, and I'm going to see whether the problem shows up on that one as well. If anything else comes to mind, please post another message anytime.
Thank you again, ScouterBill
Normally, the ~$ files shouldn't replace the original documents.
You said that the document disappears, leaving only the ~$ file. When this happens, is there an error message of some type?
Also, where are you typically saving documents? On your computer's drive? Or to a network location?
- Hmm...I'm saving my Word docs to "Documents" on my C/ drive. I performed a search to see how many ~$ files there were, and I found about ten. Of those, only two were .doc files. I deleted one of them that was no longer important. After that, I searched for the the non-"~$" version of that file, and found none.
In a parallel test operation, I installed my Office 2000 version of Word on my other PC and typed up a new Word document. Part way through that operation, Word collapsed again. So, I conclude that there really is a conflict between the latest version of Win 10 and that version of Word. I will look for a newer version of Word, and in the meanwhile I will keep in mind where I might find documents that disappear when Word 2000 crashes.
Thank you for your help in working through this curiosity.
ScouterBill