Can't really say that I have seen anything like that myself. If these files are truely just .tmp files and you delete them you should have no problems with saved projects I wouldn't think.... .tmp is just that... temporary. Hope you get things figured out. Wish I could be more helpful to this situation. Just my $0.02

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