Hello again (Windows 98 and MSWord 2000), I have a folder in my C:\Windows\Application Data which has about 10mb of folders there. They seem to parallel some of the folders I have installed into my Program Files folder, with some exceptions:
For example, within that Applications Data folder is C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates, and within Templates is "Normal.dot" which determines the page setup of how my Word opens. Now two questions: 1. What is the purpose of the Application Data folder? I might have asked that before but I can't find it in our archives. 2. Then there was something more alarming that I discovered poking around in that AD folder. I have a Word document with some personal information on it and it is usually encrypted (I use Cryptext, it's free and efficient). And there, in C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Word is that same Word file, UNCRYPTED, labeled "AutoRecovery save of [name of file]". It was quite alarming seeing a duplicate of my encrypted file in that folder totally available to anyone accessing it. So the question is, how can that happen, how did it get there, and how can I avoid that breach of my encryption program? UPDATE: Regarding that second question, after removing that "Recovery" file, it did not appear again. Conclusion, it might have generated itself when the computer shut down illegally (which happens now and then; when resources get low etc.). Something we might all be alert to. I might have generated itself for another reason; something I'll be watching out for. If encryption is important to you for any particular MSWord file, periodic looking into that Applications Data folder might be necessary. So what's the purpose of the Applicataons Data folder? --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
