File

[Dwayne Novak]

When ever I shut down and repower up I get a file on my
desktop. It looks like an s laying on it's side. I have
scanned it with Norton and it's not a virus. When I check
the properties it says File. Descripition s ( on side )
Location: C:\ Documents and Settings\Desktop. Size 178 KB
Size on disk 180 KB. I tried to open it and it says it
cqan't find the program to open it, suggests going on
line to find program to open. I have deleted it and it
comes back.. Any suggestions as to what it is or how to
keep it from comming back???????????????

 

[Malke]

When ever I shut down and repower up I get a file on my
desktop. It looks like an s laying on it's side. I have
scanned it with Norton and it's not a virus. When I check
the properties it says File. Descripition s ( on side )
Location: C:\ Documents and Settings\Desktop. Size 178 KB
Size on disk 180 KB. I tried to open it and it says it
cqan't find the program to open it, suggests going on
line to find program to open. I have deleted it and it
comes back.. Any suggestions as to what it is or how to
keep it from comming back???????????????

This is a little bug related to the Outlook Express addressbook. It will
be fixed in the next Service Pack. You can safely delete the file and
not worry about it.

Malke

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

If this file has a tilde (~) next to it:

Check here for explanation:
http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml

 

[Guest]

don't be alarmed, it's a tilde ~ right? it's just a backup file from outlook that happens to appear on the desktop. noone really knows why and as far as i know, microsoft hasn't really done anything to correct it. if you delete it, outlook will make another backup. i usually create a folder somewhere and put it in there and so far, it goes to that folder instead of my desktop. hope that helps:

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Dwayne.

As MVP Malke says, it is not a problem, just an annoyance that MS has
promised to fix - soon.

The name of the "s laying on its side" character is "tilde". It's a
perfectly valid character used in Spanish (and maybe some other languages).

RC