I don't think that there is anything wrong with my dictionary. It has been performing spell checks without fail for the last 24+ years. I'm more thinking that it is some kind of fluke problem but I have no idea how it occurred.




The file that causes it (test.doc) is on the desktop. When I open the file, a dimmed "ghost" file appears appears on the desktop. See the attached file. That ghost file is named "~$test.doc". When I close Word, the ghost file disappears.


Here's what I did to get rid of the ghost file:
1. Copied the text in test.doc to my Notepad
2. Copied the Notepad text to a new Word document
3. Saved the new Word document as test2.doc to my D: drive
4. Closed and reopened test2.doc
5. Made a change to "dirty" the test2.doc
6. Ran a Spell Check on test2.doc (it ran correctly)
7. Deleted test.doc from the desktop

8. Used "Everything.exe" to verify that no ghost file appeared anywhere on my computer
9. Verified that "Backup of test2.wbk" appears in the same folder as test2.doc
10. Saved test2.doc and closed Word.

The spell check problem has not reoccurred, and it appears that if I create a Word file on the desktop, a ghost file will also appear on the desktop. I assume that spell check problem was just a fluke and I'm writing this just in case somebody else has experienced the same problem.

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* HP Pavilion Desktop 510-p114
* Windows 10 Home 22H2 19045.5854