We all might have noticed the creation of a file named "~$filename.docx"(hidden) when opening filename.docx using MS Word
What is the purpose of this file?
Why is it created and what does it contain?
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1Stack Overflow is for programming questions; this is not a programming question, and would have been better suited over at [SU] – LittleBobbyTables - Au Revoir Mar 10 '15 at 17:31
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Depends on the context. I encountered a "~$filename.docx" file when my program was manipulating Word docx files. This is a valid programming question. – DeveloperDan Apr 21 '17 at 20:10
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It maintains temporary information about the current state of the document.
Have you ever encountered a crash and when you open Word it asks you to recover certain documents that were being edited? That's where it gets that information.
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When i try to open the file separately, ms word was not able to open that file and it asked for repair. So is it just have the the change logs kind of information? – iamprem Mar 09 '15 at 19:51
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1Yes @iamprem , '~$filename.docx' only contains change logs information – edoriggio Feb 26 '18 at 12:02