Hi everyone,



I've encountered a strange problem happening with some of my word files. For some of my word documents on my hard drive and flash drive, strange copies are being made, which are classified as system files.

For example, a word file named "Module 7" has a system file version of it named "~$dule 7". Several of these files have these system file versions of them being made and it occurs randomly. These files are typically hidden and I when I try to access them, I get a message saying:

"the file '~$dule 7' cannot be opened because there are problems with its contents"

Since these corrupted versions of my word documents are considered system files, I get a message stating that deleting or editing system files can cause Windows to become inoperable.

This means that folders with these bizarro versions of my documents can't be moved or deleted. Does anyone have any insight to this issue?