Unwanted Icons appear on desktop

[Herb]

I have an Icon with a title of ~ on my desktop, I have
deleted it and it comes back. What is causing it and how
do I permantly remove it.

Thank You Herb

[Ramesh]

Herb,

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.
The files can be safely deleted.

--
Regards,
Ramesh
SRamesh2k @ hotmail.com


"Herb" > wrote in message
...
I have an Icon with a title of ~ on my desktop, I have
deleted it and it comes back. What is causing it and how
do I permantly remove it.

Thank You Herb

So Ramesh.. How do we delete that icon permanetly without eliminating the
critical microsoft patch? or can we?
"Ramesh" > wrote in message
...
>
> Herb,
>
> 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.
> The files can be safely deleted.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ramesh
> SRamesh2k @ hotmail.com
>
>
> "Herb" > wrote in message
> ...
> I have an Icon with a title of ~ on my desktop, I have
> deleted it and it comes back. What is causing it and how
> do I permantly remove it.
>
> Thank You Herb
>
>

[Ramesh]

I don't think its possible as of now. We shd wait till Microsoft releases
next update.

--
Regards,
Ramesh



> wrote in message
...
So Ramesh.. How do we delete that icon permanetly without eliminating the
critical microsoft patch? or can we?
"Ramesh" > wrote in message
...
>
> Herb,
>
> 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.
> The files can be safely deleted.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ramesh
> SRamesh2k @ hotmail.com
>
>
> "Herb" > wrote in message
> ...
> I have an Icon with a title of ~ on my desktop, I have
> deleted it and it comes back. What is causing it and how
> do I permantly remove it.
>
> Thank You Herb
>
>