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powerpoint tmp files
Name: Basil Date: April 18, 2001 at 07:35:47 Pacific
Comment:
I'm running Windows ME on a new Sony digital studio. Each time I shut down/restart two tmp files appear in my windows directory. These accumulate over time and cause some system problems (e.g., invalid page fault error when searching local drives). Whether or not powerpoint was running prior to shut down has no bearing. Once the files are deleted, the system appears to work just fine.
Name: jFrOg Date: April 18, 2001 at 15:55:20 Pacific
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Just out of curiosity.... How are you shutting down your comp? Does the Scandisk run when you start up? What leads you to believe that it has anything to do with Powerpoint?
-me-
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Response Number 2
Name: Basil Date: April 19, 2001 at 06:28:21 Pacific
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The file icons are ppt and when I look at the file properties, they show as powerpoint files. Double clicking on one launches powerpoint. I'm shutting down normally and so scandisk does not run on start up. Thanks for your help.
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Response Number 3
Name: jFrOg Date: April 19, 2001 at 09:35:56 Pacific
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Here's an idea fer ya.
How often is your autorecover running. You might try either increasing the time or shutting it down all together. Go to TOOLS|OPTIONS|[SAVE TAB] to see how often Powerpoint is backing up. Mine backs up every 10 minutes. Let me know how it goes.
-me-
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Response Number 4
Name: Basil Date: April 20, 2001 at 10:34:14 Pacific
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The autorecover setting was 10 minutes. Lengthening the time makes no difference. Turning off the auto-recover did not change the behavior either. I've also sent a query to the folks at Sony, but no reply as yet!
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Response Number 5
Name: jFrOg Date: April 20, 2001 at 14:48:36 Pacific
Summary: I'm running Windows ME on a Sony 1.5 GHZ digital studio. Whenever the machine is restarted a couple of powerpoint tmp files are created in my windows directory. The behavior is unrelated to whether ...
Summary: I have hundreds of zero byte .tmp files in my windows directory. Could someone tell me if it's safe to delete these, and if so, would the best way be from dos prompt- C:/Windows/del*.tmp Thanks. ...
Summary: They are being generated by a program called MDM in your startups. Run MSCONFIG and UNselect it, as it is not required. Then delete all the TMP files. ...
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