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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / April 2006Word temp files on the Mac?
Can anyone tell me where the temporary file created when you open a document in Word is stored on the Mac and how to find it? On the PC it's easy - you get a hidden file in the same folder as the original file but the first two characters of the filename are changed to ~$. I have tried searching the Mac for all new files (with Word open and a file open for editing) but I can't find the temp file (even thought I did work out how to search for hidden files). I have a specific need to recover text from a file that was being edited when Word crashed. What I want to do is find the temp file that was in use when Word crashed and extract the text from it if possible. My hope is that as Word did not close gracefully, the temp file will still be on the disk... Any help much appreciated :) Tim Hi Tim, Try looking in /USER/Documents/Microsoft User Data for files with names such as "Word Work File A_x" where x = integer and USER is your (short) login name on the Mac. The User's Documents/Microsoft User Data is the place Word X will place a "Work" file in the case of a crash (if it's able to). If you have Office/Word 2004, I "think" it places the "Work" file in the same place, but someone else with Office 2004 can correct me if that's incorrect. Another place to look for Word "Work" files is in /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates in the case you were working on a Word template when the crash occurred. Good luck! Ed > Can anyone tell me where the temporary file created when you open a > document in Word is stored on the Mac and how to find it? On the PC [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Any help much appreciated :) > Tim Ed, Tim, Word 2004 does indeed place the Word Work files in the same place. Cheers, Clive Huggan ============ On 26/4/06 10:13 PM, in article A04D09EA-3738-4F28-AD94-27BE6270E129@microsoft.com, "mansky99" > Hi Tim, > Try looking in /USER/Documents/Microsoft User Data for files with names [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> Any help much appreciated :) >> Tim Ed, Clive Many thanks for your help - Problem solved :) Tim Thanks for the feedback, Tim! CH === On 27/4/06 9:34 PM, in article 1146137674.136583.41730@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Tim" <googlegroups@nym.hush.com> wrote: > Ed, Clive > > Many thanks for your help - Problem solved :) > > Tim |
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