MS Word 2007 crashing and .wbk files appearing on desktop - repairs

Thank you so much.

I now understand so much the behaviour of my computer.

The amount of repairs and crashes has been great.

I went through you previous article before posting and noticed when I went into %temp% and went to clear most of the contents - it came up with the message that the link was too long for the recycle bin.

I will attach a screen shot as I am only a beginner - which is obvious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=7A797BF1CB645296!350

I was saving the pictures and other formats as .docm and I guess I sould have researched the difference of the properties and behaviours of MS Word.

Your forum is great - I know that you have some other references - I also am receiving red squares in my documents when I place them into a document.

I actually originally had the settings to .DOCX - silly me.

Have you got any suggestions for back ups or just the drag and copy option?

I appreciate your time in submitting me another reply.

I have been notified that I only have limited time with my cancer and appreciate any one that can assist me with a brain tumour - it is tough

When Word crashes, if you have autorecovery set (and you appear to have) Word will to recover the information at the time of the crash. However crashing also tends to leave behind temporary files that will make it more likely that Word will crash in future.

Reasons for crashing have been discussed in some of your previous postings, but this post provides further clues.

1. You should not be saving as macro enabled documents. Your documents don't appear to have macros in them. Documents do not need macros to be enabled for picture content. If you need macros then they are better located in the document template or a global template. Macro enabled documents are rarely required. Save as DOCX document format, and set Word's options to ensure that this is the default file format.
2. The desktop does not behave as a normal file location - especially in Windows 7. It is not the ideal place to store documents and may be a contributory factor to the problems you are having. Save your documents in My Documents or a sub folder of My Documents and make that folder the default document folder in Word's options > Advanced > File Locations.

The backup function is optional but advisable, especially when you are having problems. When you save a document, Word creates a backup of the previously saved version and it is useful to have such a backup to help recover from screw-ups. You can delete them when you have no further use for them

Your illustration shows the presence of several lock files, which begin with the characters ~$. If Word is closed and these files remain, delete them as they will cause problems - see again http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm which covers the issue of lock files.