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Is there a way to prevent that a file that starts with ~$ is created when opening an MS Office file?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS

Answer

It cannot be controlled by ONTAP. 

  • Those $~ files are created by Microsoft Office products, not ONTAP. 
  • Please contact Microsoft for assistance with Microsoft Office products' options for temporary files. 

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