I've gone through the net, and found the terminal scripts, tried the terminal commands such as: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE ; doesn't work, they keep showing up
HEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP!!!!
What do you call a 'temp' file?
The Finder tends to hide files that begin with a period, such as .profile
It also hides files that have the
chflags hidden /path/to/file/to/be/hiddenflag set. See Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal -> man chflags
I am seeing MANY files that look like: ~WRLO190.tmp
I am seeing MANY MANY files that look like: ~WRLO190.tmp
The Finder is not going to hide files unless it has some indication they should be hidden. I've pointed out above the ways the Finder will make that determination.
If this is a 3rd party app creating these files, then it is the responsibility of the app to either put the files somewhere they will not be seen, or create them with a hidden attribute.
Some Google searching seems to indicate these might be MIcrosoft Word files. I do not use Word, so the following URL is what I found. I do not know if it is related to your problem or not.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090413161511AAtPDEt
If it is Word creating these files and the above URL does not help, then perhaps you should ask Microsoft.
Bob,
Thanks for your help. Clarified everything. I had not realized that it was Word creating these files!! Went crazy until you pointed this out. Will deal with word then!
Daniel
I can't hide temp files in FINDER