Strange file on desktop

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Jimbo

Occasionally, a 220k file appears on my Desktop named "~". It can't be
opened with any of my existing associations and Properties doesn't give any
helpful information. Deleting it doesn't appear to effect anything either.
Does anyone have any ideas where this might come from?

TIA
 
Jimbo,

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. This is a non-fatal error, ignore it.

What is the ~ (tilde) file on my desktop?"
http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml

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Occasionally, a 220k file appears on my Desktop named "~". It can't be
opened with any of my existing associations and Properties doesn't give any
helpful information. Deleting it doesn't appear to effect anything either.
Does anyone have any ideas where this might come from?

TIA
 
Jimbo said:
Occasionally, a 220k file appears on my Desktop named "~". It can't
be opened with any of my existing associations and Properties doesn't
give any helpful information. Deleting it doesn't appear to effect
anything either. Does anyone have any ideas where this might come
from?

TIA
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It's a bug in a recent OE update. Microsoft is aware of it and working on
it.
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.

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