mystery file

[Laurie]

Occasionally, a file named "~" appears on my Desktop; it seems to be
related to OE's Address Book.
What is this about?

Laurie

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Laurie

It's an OE bug that occurs when the Address Book is changed.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Occasionally, a file named "~" appears on my Desktop; it seems to be
| related to OE's Address Book.
| What is this about?
|
| Laurie
|
|

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

What is the Tilde (~) file that appears on my Desktop?
http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Occasionally, a file named "~" appears on my Desktop; it seems to be
| related to OE's Address Book.
| What is this about?
|
| Laurie

 

[Pop Rivet]

It's the mystery file referred to, I think. Dunno what makes it put it on
the desktop but it can sometimes be found in other locations too.

It's safe to delete it. Apparently it's a temp file address book uses when
it's doing something and occasionally doesn't get deleted the way it should.
Not a very clever naming convention, is it?