Unwanted Icons appear on desktop

[Herb]

I have an Icon with a title of ~ on my desktop, I have
deleted it and it comes back. What is causing it and how
do I permantly remove it.

Thank You Herb

 

[Ramesh]

Herb,

The tilde (~) is a result of this patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/330994/default.asp
The file is created when certain changes are made to your address book.
The files can be safely deleted.

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Regards,
Ramesh
SRamesh2k @ hotmail.com


I have an Icon with a title of ~ on my desktop, I have
deleted it and it comes back. What is causing it and how
do I permantly remove it.

Thank You Herb

 

[Guest]

So Ramesh.. How do we delete that icon permanetly without eliminating the
critical microsoft patch? or can we?

 

[Ramesh]

I don't think its possible as of now. We shd wait till Microsoft releases
next update.

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Regards,
Ramesh
(e-mail address removed)


So Ramesh.. How do we delete that icon permanetly without eliminating the
critical microsoft patch? or can we?