Longwood50 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 They all have the unusual symbol followed by the dollar sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargamon Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 It's a window$ naming thing. For whatever reason, it can't display the proper name. A couple of possibilities is the name is too long or contains unprintable characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgw Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) the first character is a "tilde". temporary files which exist while being worked on in Word and other MS Office applications. they get deleted automatically when the application is exited normally. they may subsist incase of improper shutdown (power loss), and work can be restored using the data they contain. other problems might also interfere with the automatic deletion of these temporary files. Edited July 1, 2023 by tgw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plern Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 23 minutes ago, Longwood50 said: They all have the unusual symbol followed by the dollar sign. Turn on hide files. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plern Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Plern said: Turn on hide files. I got a laugh on this bc the person is clueless This is a temporary file and it's not meant to be seen. Therefore if you turn off show hidden files it will disappear or it should. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayClay Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 16 hours ago, Plern said: I got a laugh on this bc the person is clueless This is a temporary file and it's not meant to be seen. Therefore if you turn off show hidden files it will disappear or it should. That's exactly what the poster you quoted said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longwood50 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 6:04 PM, Plern said: This is a temporary file and it's not meant to be seen. Therefore if you turn off show hidden files it will disappear or it should. You are exactly correct. I turned off show hidden files and yes they all went away. Thank you. They "clutter" the desktop at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plern Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 On 7/2/2023 at 10:31 AM, JayClay said: That's exactly what the poster you quoted said Please note below Just now, Longwood50 said: You are exactly correct. I turned off show hidden files and yes they all went away. Thank you. They "clutter" the desktop at times. Welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayClay Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Plern said: Please note below Please note below On 7/2/2023 at 10:31 AM, JayClay said: That's exactly what the poster you quoted said 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 just uncheck the box that says ' show hidden folders ' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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