Where are those .tmp files being created.

Excel creates a bunch of .tmp files in the Windows Temp folder. If you're
seeing them in a different location, it may not be excel (I've never seen xl do
this).

It may be your antivirus program.

One person posted that they saw files that had names like: ~RF26c83af.TMP.

It was caused by AVG.

You can read her description in this thread:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...cd4eed0638e395

or
http://snipurl.com/jyus

A while ago, someone posted back that uninstalling something called "Panda
ClientShield" fixed a similar problem.

Even if you're not running "Panda ClientShield", you could try disabling this
program to see if the problem goes away.

vmoakley wrote:

Since I have upgraded to Office Service PAck 2 for Office 2003, excel has
quite deleting the .tmp files that it creates when you open a spreadsheet.
How can I fix this. I have tried turning off auto save but the setting
changes back each time I edit a new spreadsheet.

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Dave Peterson