~ file

[Dave]

From time to time, a file appears on my desktop. The file
is named "~" - no extension. When I crack it open in
Notepad, it's a couple of pages of program and the e-mail
addresses from my Outlook Express address book.

I've run it through an up-to-date virus scan and it's
clean. And I keep my Windows and Outlook up to date
through Windows Update.

I'm running Windows XP Home Edition 5.1 (Build
2600.xpsp2.030422-1633: SP1)and Outlook Express
6.00.2800.1123

Any idea what the file is, why it's on my desktop, and
how or if I should prevent it from happening?

Dave

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

it's a backup of your Outlook Express address book file - it's caused by an
IE patch and you can delete it. There is more information about it at
tomsterdam.com.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Known issue -- see http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml.

For future reference, please note that this newsgroup is for support of
Outlook 97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or an
OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com.

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number. Good luck!

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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