~ file shows up on desktop

[SS]

Why does a file labeled "~" show up on my desktop? If I
delete it, it just shows back up with a day or so. It's
176 kb and doesn't seem to do anything. It's marked as an
archive file. It's annoying.

Any ideas?

 

[neil]

It's a backup of your address book. Due to a bug in an update from MS this
will happen every time the backup is created by MS Outlook Express.

Neil

 

[R. McCarty]

FYI - "All" files prefixed with a Tilde (~) are temporary
working files and can be safely deleted. The same
goes for any files subscripted .Tmp

 

[Bruce]

Why does a file labeled "~" show up on my desktop? If I
delete it, it just shows back up with a day or so. It's
176 kb and doesn't seem to do anything. It's marked as an
archive file. It's annoying.

Any ideas?

This is a known bug that was in the April 2003 Cumulative Patch.
Microsoft is aware of it and is suppossed to be working on a fix.

It is a backup of your address book and you can safely delete it.

See this for more information:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#~file

Bruce

 

[Plato]

Why does a file labeled "~" show up on my desktop? If I

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