Proliferation of hidden VWTMP files!

[Markus Barrera-Kolb]

Still running VW2010, and I've discovered a few project folders in which hidden temporary files have proliferated (eating up disk space and of course backup space as well). The filenames follow this pattern:

.filename-VWTMP.vwx

.filename-VWTM1.vwx

.filename-VWT10.vwx

..etc.

Accessing the files via an OS X LAN ? don't know whether that would be playing a role or not, and VW is set to autosave to the local machine. Has anyone else encountered this and is there a way to remedy it? For that matter, every once in a while there are also .lck files that seem to not get removed. Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to offer!

Cheers,

Markus

[Dieter @ DWorks]

1) .lck is a file vw creates while working on the drawing.

2) -VWTMP, ... is a file vw creates before fully save the file. It first save the file with another name, then removes the old one and renaming the new. This is done to prevent file corruption.

BUT, when vw crashes, those files can be left behind. So if your drawings are working correctly, you can just delete those files.