Unknown file

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Steve Saylor

A file (with a Windows icon) has begun appearing on my
desktop. Underneath the icon, there's only a ~ (tilde in
Spanish?)

Under properties, it says Type of File: File.
Description: ~

It's 207 kilobytes. I've tried to open it. It's
indecipherable.

I've deleted it, but it comes back.

Do you know what this is?

Thanks
 
Hi Steve,

This sounds like the OE bug that comes with either of these:

KB331923 - OLEXP: An Overview of the Cumulative Update for Outlook Express 6.0 SP1

KB330994 - MS03-014: April, 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express

For more information, search for the subject using:

Google Advanced Groups Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search

"with all the words": desktop tilde 330994 MVP
"Return only messages from the newsgroup": microsoft.public.*

Or, click this Google Groups Search link:
http://www.google.com/groups?group:microsoft.public.*&q=desktop+tilde+MVP+330994

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: "Steve Saylor" <dvmovie AT sopris DOT net>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 06:58 PM
: A file (with a Windows icon) has begun appearing on my
: desktop. Underneath the icon, there's only a ~ (tilde in
: Spanish?)
:
: Under properties, it says Type of File: File.
: Description: ~
:
: It's 207 kilobytes. I've tried to open it. It's
: indecipherable.
:
: I've deleted it, but it comes back.
:
: Do you know what this is?
:
: Thanks
 
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