strange icon

[Colin]

I have been getting the same file and icon on my desktop.
I have run Norton (latest update) on it and it is virus
free. I sent it to my IT computer expert at work who
could not identify it but found he could open it with
Notepad. It appears to be a garbled list of all my email
contacts.
Not a good thing to be floating around unidentified!

I sure would appreciate help in finding out where this
comes from.

>-----Original Message-----
>what is this strange icon folder( ~ ) that pops up on
>my desktop everytime I am on the internet?
>
>
>anyone help?
>
>
>.
>

[Don Burnette]

It is a bug in a fairly recent update for OE, MS is aware of it and I
understand working on a fix.
It is a temporary file of your address book, change the extension to .wab
and you will see. On some systems, it creates this temporary file when you
make changes in your address book. You can safely delete it from you
desktop, or just leave it there as it does no harm, more of an annoyance
than anything.

Don Burnette


Colin wrote:
> I have been getting the same file and icon on my desktop.
> I have run Norton (latest update) on it and it is virus
> free. I sent it to my IT computer expert at work who
> could not identify it but found he could open it with
> Notepad. It appears to be a garbled list of all my email
> contacts.
> Not a good thing to be floating around unidentified!
>
> I sure would appreciate help in finding out where this
> comes from.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> what is this strange icon folder( ~ ) that pops up on
>> my desktop everytime I am on the internet?
>>
>>
>> anyone help?
>>
>>
>> .

Thank you for the explanation. I await a fix for the fix!
Colin.
>-----Original Message-----
>It is a bug in a fairly recent update for OE, MS is
aware of it and I
>understand working on a fix.
>It is a temporary file of your address book, change the
extension to .wab
>and you will see. On some systems, it creates this
temporary file when you
>make changes in your address book. You can safely delete
it from you
>desktop, or just leave it there as it does no harm, more
of an annoyance
>than anything.
>
>Don Burnette
>
>
>Colin wrote:
>> I have been getting the same file and icon on my
desktop.
>> I have run Norton (latest update) on it and it is virus
>> free. I sent it to my IT computer expert at work who
>> could not identify it but found he could open it with
>> Notepad. It appears to be a garbled list of all my
email
>> contacts.
>> Not a good thing to be floating around unidentified!
>>
>> I sure would appreciate help in finding out where this
>> comes from.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> what is this strange icon folder( ~ ) that pops up
on
>>> my desktop everytime I am on the internet?
>>>
>>>
>>> anyone help?
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>

[Don Burnette]

Your quite welcome Colin.
Hopefully a fix will come soon.

Don Burnette


wrote:
> Thank you for the explanation. I await a fix for the fix!
> Colin.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> It is a bug in a fairly recent update for OE, MS is aware of it and I
>> understand working on a fix.
>> It is a temporary file of your address book, change the extension to
>> .wab and you will see. On some systems, it creates this temporary
>> file when you make changes in your address book. You can safely
>> delete it from you desktop, or just leave it there as it does no
>> harm, more of an annoyance than anything.
>>
>> Don Burnette
>>
>>
>> Colin wrote:
>>> I have been getting the same file and icon on my desktop.
>>> I have run Norton (latest update) on it and it is virus
>>> free. I sent it to my IT computer expert at work who
>>> could not identify it but found he could open it with
>>> Notepad. It appears to be a garbled list of all my email
>>> contacts.
>>> Not a good thing to be floating around unidentified!
>>>
>>> I sure would appreciate help in finding out where this
>>> comes from.
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> what is this strange icon folder( ~ ) that pops up on
>>>> my desktop everytime I am on the internet?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> anyone help?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>> .

[Regina]

Thanks for the answer to my question.......another weird
one for MS! :-)
>-----Original Message-----
>Thank you for the explanation. I await a fix for the
fix!
>Colin.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>It is a bug in a fairly recent update for OE, MS is
>aware of it and I
>>understand working on a fix.
>>It is a temporary file of your address book, change the
>extension to .wab
>>and you will see. On some systems, it creates this
>temporary file when you
>>make changes in your address book. You can safely
delete
>it from you
>>desktop, or just leave it there as it does no harm,
more
>of an annoyance
>>than anything.
>>
>>Don Burnette
>>
>>
>>Colin wrote:
>>> I have been getting the same file and icon on my
>desktop.
>>> I have run Norton (latest update) on it and it is
virus
>>> free. I sent it to my IT computer expert at work who
>>> could not identify it but found he could open it with
>>> Notepad. It appears to be a garbled list of all my
>email
>>> contacts.
>>> Not a good thing to be floating around unidentified!
>>>
>>> I sure would appreciate help in finding out where this
>>> comes from.
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> what is this strange icon folder( ~ ) that pops up
>on
>>>> my desktop everytime I am on the internet?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> anyone help?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>>.
>>
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