Temp file keeps on creating when editing document on network drive

Question

The file I'm trying to open up is originally a word2003 file and it is saved on a network drive. Since my computer is running Office 2007 I have to enable editing, but once editing is enabled word creates a temporary file on the network drive. The temp file doesn't disappear once word is closed. Is there a setting that I need to change to make sure that no temp file is saved after word is closed?

Answer 1

But this is only happening to word files that are in the 2003 doc format. We have other files that are in the docx format that work without this issue. I can open up the 2003 format without it creating the temp file, but it's as soon as I enable editing of the file that the new temp file is created. The account I'm using has full admin rights to everything on the network.

Answer 2

Word always creates a lock file in the working folder wherever that happens to be. There is no setting in Word to remove this file. It should do so automatically when the document is closed - unless of course your network settings are not allowing it to do so.