I have Office 2003 with all available updates. Recently, Excel began
creating an additional file every time I save an .xls file. The name is the
file name with ~RFxxxx.TMP appended. They store on the same folder as the
original file. I have searched for a way to turn this off but have come up
empty, and HELP is no help. What's causing it, and how do I stop it? Is it
related to autorecover? I've always had that on and not gotten these files.

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

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:

I have Office 2003 with all available updates. Recently, Excel began
creating an additional file every time I save an .xls file. The name is the
file name with ~RFxxxx.TMP appended. They store on the same folder as the
original file. I have searched for a way to turn this off but have come up
empty, and HELP is no help. What's causing it, and how do I stop it? Is it
related to autorecover? I've always had that on and not gotten these files.

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Dave Peterson