Strange "~" file being created!!

[Noel Walker]

Occasionally I have had a "~" file created after working
in Outlook Express it has put this file in C:\ on the
Desktop down in C:\Documents and Settings\... and on my A:
drive when there was a disk present. It is hidden and read-
only.

Looking at the contents of the file in Notepad it looks
suspiciously like a copy of my address book.

Everytime I've found one of the these files I've zeroed it
out and protected it from further writing, thinking it
might be some sort of virus program stealing my address
book.

Does anyone know what this file is used for, or is anyone
having the same problem/experience?

Cheers

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/prob...sideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#~file

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Noel Walker asked:

| Occasionally I have had a "~" file created after working
| in Outlook Express it has put this file in C:\ on the
| Desktop down in C:\Documents and Settings\... and on my A:
| drive when there was a disk present. It is hidden and read-
| only.
|
| Looking at the contents of the file in Notepad it looks
| suspiciously like a copy of my address book.
|
| Everytime I've found one of the these files I've zeroed it
| out and protected it from further writing, thinking it
| might be some sort of virus program stealing my address
| book.
|
| Does anyone know what this file is used for, or is anyone
| having the same problem/experience?
|
| Cheers

 

[Guest]

Thanks Milly.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

Occasionally I have had a "~" file created after working in Outlook
Express it has put this file in C:\ on the Desktop down in C:\Documents
and Settings\... and on my A:
drive when there was a disk present. It is hidden and read- only.

Looking at the contents of the file in Notepad it looks suspiciously
like a copy of my address book.

Everytime I've found one of the these files I've zeroed it out and
protected it from further writing, thinking it might be some sort of
virus program stealing my address book.

Does anyone know what this file is used for, or is anyone having the
same problem/experience?

Cheers

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