Randomly Appearing Generic Desktop Icons

[Roberto]

After on-line surfing or email usage (Outlook Express) a
generic icon sometimes appears on my desktop. It's for a
small unreadable file (about 285KB). Any ideas about how
it gets there and how to avoid its appearance. Apparently
deleting it, which I do, causes no harm.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Roberto,

I'm guessing it's the tilde (~) problem. This is a known issue from a recent
windows update. The file is harmless and can be safely deleted. It's
actually a copy of your address book. Microsoft is aware of the problem,
but no fix has been released yet.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[purplehaz]

It's a bug in outlook express and the address book. MS is still working on a
fix.

 

[Roberto]

Thanks, now I'll sleep better.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Roberto,

I'm guessing it's the tilde (~) problem. This is a known issue from a recent
windows update. The file is harmless and can be safely deleted. It's
actually a copy of your address book. Microsoft is aware of the problem,
but no fix has been released yet.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone






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