"Daz" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> This is going to be difficult to explain but here goes:
> I have 2 folders on my hard drive, each with a word document in with the
> same name. e.g C:\folder1\report.doc and C:\folder2\report.doc
>
> Although both of these word documents share the same name, they both have
> different content.
>
> OK on to problem:
>
> I open folder1\report.doc and make a change. I minimize this and then open
> folder2\report.doc and also make a change.
> This means that both have been opened and edited. I then save and close
> folder1\reort.doc and save and close folder2\reort.doc.
>
> The problem is that BOTH report.doc's are now identical, even though that
> started differently.
>
> For what it's worth, my theory is:
>
> When a document is opened a .tmp file is created, does this have anything
> to
> do with it. i.e is windows getting confused as both docs have the same
> name?
>
> Daz.
>
what version of office? the temp file should be in the same dir as original.
somewhere along the line, you got confused.
my suggestion: use unique file names.
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