can someone tell me what "tilde ~" is, a file on my C drive?

[mikel95765]

The person who replied to my first post, piss-off!
My C drive shows a file named " ~ " tilde and just showed
itself last week. Does someone know what this is and it's
purpose? I did find it is linked to outlook express since
I find my address book inside using notepad.
Please, serious replies only. Thanks.

 

[Brian Smither]

[posted and mailed]

It was caused by one of your recent Windows Security updates. The following
is an excerpt from LangaList, a *very* worthwhile newsletter. Allow me to
recommend subscribing: <http://www.langa.com/recommend.htm>

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The answer is from an MS MVP.
---That (tilde) file is most probably appearing as the result
of installing the "April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook
Express (330994)". Microsoft is aware of the problem and is
supposedly working on a fix. Many people are experiencing this
problem and from what I've read about this problem, that icon
will also reappear when you reply to an e-mail and you have
your Outlook Express set up to enter the person's e-mail
address to your address book whenever you reply to an e-mail.
You can either just put up with it or follow the uninstall
directions for the patch at the link below.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/330994/default.asp
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[Vaughn McMillan - Executive Software]

Hey brain trust . . . The person who replied to your first post
answered the exact question you asked. Pardon him for not being able
to read your mind and figure out what you REALLY meant to ask.

 

[Dan Seur]

Hey Vaughn - Gotta remember that "brain trust" thing. A goodie.