Desktop Icon Appears

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On startup of my XP system, I get a desktop icon that has the ~ as it's
name. When I check properties, there is nothing other than the tilde in it.
I delete it but each day it comes back. Any ideas?
 
Hi

This a posting from MVP Kelly Theriot:

****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.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]****

Will
 
Thanks... As long as it's not hurting anything...
Hi

This a posting from MVP Kelly Theriot:

****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.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]****

Will
 
No, it doesn't hurt anything - that file appears in my C:\ drive and I just delete it.

Will

Thanks... As long as it's not hurting anything...
Hi

This a posting from MVP Kelly Theriot:

****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.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]****

Will

On startup of my XP system, I get a desktop icon that has the ~ as it's
name. When I check properties, there is nothing other than the tilde in it.
I delete it but each day it comes back. Any ideas?
 

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