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I keep getting a desktop icon appearing on my pc
called

~


I have run ad-aware and the pc is clean of any spyware, anyone
know what would keep creating the icon ~.

Rgds hooter

<Canned response>

If you have installed the cumulative update for OE, each time
a contact is added to your address book, a file named "~" is
created on your desktop when you exit OE or your address book.
It is just a COPY of your Windows Address Book (*.wab).

It is caused by the update for OE Q331923 (now Q330994).
Microsoft are supposedly working on a fix.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...94/default.asp
How to uninstall
To remove the download, complete the following steps:

On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control
Panel. (In Windows XP, click Start and then click Control
Panel.)
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
In the list of currently installed programs, select Q330994
and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears,
follow the instructions to remove the program.
Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.


On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:04:00 +0000 (UTC), in
<bi60g0$rlg$>
Hooter scrawled:

>I keep getting a desktop icon appearing on my pc
>called
>
>~
>
>
>I have run ad-aware and the pc is clean of any spyware, anyone
>know what would keep creating the icon ~.
>
>Rgds hooter
>

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"Hooter" <> wrote in message
news:bi60g0$rlg$...
> I keep getting a desktop icon appearing on my pc
> called
>
> ~
>
>
> I have run ad-aware and the pc is clean of any spyware, anyone
> know what would keep creating the icon ~.
>
> Rgds hooter
>
>
click edit find and search for it there it has come up before