newbie with XP

I am recieving a non descript file that appears on my desktop... the icon is
white background with a windows looking icon in it. The file name that
appears is just a single tilde...

What is this and how do I stop it?

Ray W.

Ray;
The tilde is a result of this patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie...994/default.asp
The file is created when certain changes are made to your address
book.
The files can be safely deleted.
A search of Google shows many having the same harmless but possibly
annoying issue.

My understanding is that Microsoft is aware of the issue.

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"Ray W." <dadx3@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23t%23sbGxWDHA.1640@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am recieving a non descript file that appears on my desktop... the
icon is
> white background with a windows looking icon in it. The file name
that
> appears is just a single tilde...
>
> What is this and how do I stop it?
>
> Ray W.

"Ray W." <dadx3@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23t%23sbGxWDHA.1640@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
> I am recieving a non descript file that appears on my desktop... the
> icon is white background with a windows looking icon in it. The file
> name that appears is just a single tilde...
>
> What is this and how do I stop it?
>
> Ray W.

It's a bug in a recent OE update.
It's the backup of the Address Book that should have been named *.wa~ and
placed in the same Windows folder as your *.wab Address Book file.

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