Desk Top Icon

[Guest]

Hi, can anyone tell me what the icon is that keeps appearing on my desk top? It is titled ~ or ~ underlined. It keeps coming back and is about 176kb. I don't know what it is but it is driving me crazy not being able to get rid of it. Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[Rich Barry]

Well, it's a common problem for folks using Outlook Express (OE). It seems
one of the patches for OE causes this to happen. The file is a backup of the
OE address book - which is a good thing to have, just not on your desktop.
The good news is that you can change the Start option for OE so it will put
this backup file in a different location. For more info on this problem and
to find out how to make the change, see:
http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=040210TI-Tilde

Hi, can anyone tell me what the icon is that keeps appearing on my desk

top? It is titled ~ or ~ underlined. It keeps coming back and is about
176kb. I don't know what it is but it is driving me crazy not being able to
get rid of it. Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[siljaline]

Hi, can anyone tell me what the icon is that keeps appearing on my desk top? It

is titled ~ or ~ underlined. It keeps coming back and is about 176kb. I don't know
what it is but it is driving me crazy not being able to get rid of it. Any help
would be great. Thanks

An Outlook Express update erroneously creates a duplicate of your
Windows Address Book on your Desktop.
The [ ~ ] icon is called a "tilde", btw.
Safe to delete until the update is patched.

HTH
~Silj

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