Re: Desktop file named ~ keeps re-creating itself
From: mae (agrannie_at_notemail.msn.com)
Date: 05/24/03
- Next message: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP]: "Re: Logging on to the WWW"
- Previous message: mae: "Re: file replicating itself called folder.htt"
- In reply to: Sharon: "Re: Desktop file named ~ keeps re-creating itself"
- Next in thread: Super_Geek: "Re: Desktop file named ~ keeps re-creating itself"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 01:49:28 -0500
I have had it almost 6 months. (on root drive) No problem.
Temporarily give it extension .wab to see if it is.
mae
-------------------------------------------------
"Sharon" <skreder@sc.rr.com> wrote in message news:106601c3214c$92bb5ed0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| Thank you. Thank you. I guess I don't have to worry
| about it then, other than it being an annoyance. It was
| behaving like an unwanted pest.
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >A recent patch to Outlook Express apparently is the
| cause of this. Seems
| >that whenever you make an alteration to your address
| book (or something is
| >added to it by Outlook itself) the file named ~ is
| dropped on your desktop.
| >From what I understand, the ~ file is a backup of your
| address book file
| >(and I presume it fell on the desktop rather than the
| intended place due to
| >a glitch introduced in the patch). You can safely
| delete the file of
| >course. Someday a new patch will likely quietly fix this
| issue... More
| >"trustworthy computing" coming your way...
| >
| >HTH
| >
| >
| >
| >"Sharon" <skreder@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
| >news:0dca01c3213e$c3f729b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >> There is a file that is labeled ~ that keeps re-
| creating
| >> itself on my desktop. When I try to open it, the pop-
| up
| >> message says it cannot be opened without knowing which
| >> program created it. I let it search the internet with
| no
| >> answers. I tried using Wordpad to open it and got a
| >> bunch of boxes. I used Word to open it and got a bunch
| >> of boxes with occasional letters, page breaks, and
| column
| >> breaks. It is 249 KB. I have deleted it several times
| >> and then emptied my trash. But it keeps coming back.
| >>
| >> Help!
| >
| >
| >.
| >
- Next message: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP]: "Re: Logging on to the WWW"
- Previous message: mae: "Re: file replicating itself called folder.htt"
- In reply to: Sharon: "Re: Desktop file named ~ keeps re-creating itself"
- Next in thread: Super_Geek: "Re: Desktop file named ~ keeps re-creating itself"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
