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[Jeremy Adams]

can anybody help

every so often i get a file on my desktop that is called ~

can anybody tell me what it is

i'm running a firewall and virus protection

Thanks

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

can anybody help

every so often i get a file on my desktop that is called ~

can anybody tell me what it is

i'm running a firewall and virus protection

Thanks

Do a search of this group - there was a post THREE HOURS ago about this very
thing.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jeremy,

The "Mysterious Tilde File" usually appears just after you close OE but only
if you made any change to Address Book during this OE session...but not
always.

It's usually found on Desktop but on occasion appears at C:\ . Rename it
~.wab and you'll see it's an exact copy of Address Book. You can either
rename it or simply delete it.

It first appeared in November '02 with 331923/Cumulative Update for OE6-SP1
which was only available via manual download and with the more recent
330994/April '03 Cumulative Patch for OE, available via Windows Update.

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[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Do a search of this group - there was a post THREE HOURS ago about this very
thing.

Although groups.google.com doesn't like searching for '~', it'll search
just fine for 'tilde', which is what the little thing is called.

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Although groups.google.com doesn't like searching for '~', it'll
search just fine for 'tilde', which is what the little thing is
called.

the OP posted using OE6, so he was (presumably) on a "proper" news
server.....

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

the OP posted using OE6, so he was (presumably) on a "proper" news
server.....

Yes, but regardless of that, groups.google.com is much the best way to
search for posts on a particular topic.