What is it?

[TOAD6147]

Has anyone seen one of these before? It keeps coming back to my desktop after I delete it. Properties says it is a 'file' that is 193KB in size.

[Sweeper]

Yeah, my Mom keeps getting it too??? I have run Spybot, Adaware, Virus Scanner... NADA... even ran MSCONFIG and looked in there for strange items... it still keeps coming back....

[Steve R Jones]

It's a known glitch from updating/editing your OE address book. Have to just zapp the little bugger.

[Atomic Rooster]

Yea we get those darn files on the other comp all the time. Hey Steve, could you post a link to where we can read about that glitch. I am interested to learn more about it.

[dr_roberts49]

Me too. It happens very rarely on my system, and only occurs after internet browsing. I just delete it.

Robert

[Steve R Jones]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149...09KTX1K0100360

http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml

http://filext.com/faq/article.php?id=002

[Atomic Rooster]

Thanks Steve. Much appreaciated.

[TOAD6147]

How strange. Thanks for the info.

[pgriffet]

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#~file

After installing an OE update, you may discover a file named just "~" on your desktop or some other location on your hard drive. This is an automatic backup copy of the Windows Address Book (WAB) used by OE. The file has always been created automatically by OE and saved in the same folder as the *.wab file itself, with a name like <username>.wa~. A bug in an update causes the copy to be made in the wrong location and with a truncated name. You can simply rename it to *.wab and then double-click it to see that it is indeed a copy of your address book. The OE team at MS is aware of this bug and hope to include the fix in a future update.

Toad6417 said :

How strange. Thanks for the info.

A bug in a MS application, is it still strange ?

[Bill in SD, CA]

They say in the end that bugs will ultimately inherit the earth.



Bill