SynckBack, a well known software for backups, reads two files in a directory named Fonts in my Documents folder. These are:

2 The TrueType Font File.docx
~$The TrueType Font File.docx

When I use Windows Explorer (in Windows 10) I can see the main file 2 The TrueType Font File.docx, but I can't see the temporary file, even after I check the option "Hidden items" in View.



I want to delete this auxiliary file from my hard drive. How do I do this?

~$The TrueType Font File.docx is a Word lock file created when a Word document The TrueType Font File.docx is opened, and removed when the document is closed - provided Word has not crashed.

You should be able to view it if present with hidden files displayed. If you can't see it, how do you know it is there?

I am not familiar with the particular backup software, but such software does not normally copy files that are in use.

See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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"If you can't see it, how do you know it is there?"

The software lists all the files in the Documents folder, one of them is the alluded temporary file.

I have just found it. Besides checking "Hidden item" in the View menu, one has to allow Windows Explorer to show operating system files with the following steps: Control Panel > Appearances and Personalization > File Explorer Options > View > Uncheck box named "Hide protected operating system files".