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ChromeFoundry

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2. Microsoft Office

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 02:10 PM

Sep 2012

...uses these temporary files to store changes before you save so that changes can be "recovered" if the application crashes before saving the document. Access databases uses a similar method to store table "lock" information for multi-user shared databases.

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Windows sometimes shows what I call "ghost files." When you're looking at the contents of a folder, [View all] raccoon Sep 2012 OP

I'm not sure why, but they are usually temporary files created while a file is in use arcane1 Sep 2012 #1

Microsoft Office ChromeFoundry Sep 2012 #2