newbie with XP

[Ray W.]

I am recieving a non descript file that appears on my desktop... the icon is
white background with a windows looking icon in it. The file name that
appears is just a single tilde...

What is this and how do I stop it?

Ray W.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Ray;
The tilde is a result of this patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/330994/default.asp
The file is created when certain changes are made to your address
book.
The files can be safely deleted.
A search of Google shows many having the same harmless but possibly
annoying issue.

My understanding is that Microsoft is aware of the issue.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I am recieving a non descript file that appears on my desktop... the
icon is white background with a windows looking icon in it. The file
name that appears is just a single tilde...

What is this and how do I stop it?

Ray W.

It's a bug in a recent OE update.
It's the backup of the Address Book that should have been named *.wa~ and
placed in the same Windows folder as your *.wab Address Book file.

 

[Shawn]

http://filext.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=188