Computers & Networking

[RollsRoyce235]

Hello there!

I have two simple/silly questions, but they have been bugging me, and I just can't stand it anymore! I have a new Dell computer (bought this last September). Here are more curiosities:

1) Suddenly about a month ago "Ghost Files" started appearing in my documentes and USB drive files. I say "Ghost" because they are pale, and then the title of the document is the title of a document I actually have, but these "Ghost Documents" start with ~$ and then the original title. I want to just get rid of them all, but I am not sure why they are there. Could you help me? Also, suddenly appeared these "TMP files" that read on the title "~WRL0001.tmp" When I try to get rid of these, a box comes up warning me that if I get rid of it, Windows or another program might never work again. Help?

2) I don't know what I did with my mouse (or the touch-sensitive pad on a labtop), but suddenly everything is very small. As I type this, I can barely see the letters. He he. I went to screen resolution and changed the viewing to medium so I could see better, and it enlarged some parts of my computer, but then everything online is still really tiny. How do I change it back to how it was before?

Thank you so much for your help! Have a nice day!

[RealGeorgeW Emerging Expert]

1. Those are temp filed created by the applications that you're using. Usually Word does this.

2. Press the Control key, while holding it, press the zero key.

[NoNoBadDog]

for #2, if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, press down on the scroll wheel while turning it.  Doing so increases or decreases the size of webpages.

[RollsRoyce235]

Thank you for the quick reply! I really appreciate it!

1) Can I delete those files? Are they necessary? (I wonder why that only started happening this year.) What is the difference between the ~$Teacher Essay files (they look like real documents, but are pale) and the ~W000.tmp files???

2) So I just press the "Ctrl" key on my my keyboard and then the "0" key? Nothing is happening.

Thanks so much!!

[RollsRoyce235]

I do not have a mouse with a scroll. Any other options?

Thank you for the quick reply! I really appreciate it!