Re: ~ folder (backup of address book?) on desktop
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Date: 07/07/04
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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:27:56 -0700
OK the website says: >>Strange ~ file in strange places
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.<<
All I can say is that hope springs eternal - the unwanted
folder has been on my desktop for months!
>-----Original Message-----
>Try an OE ng
>or http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
>
>"Harold Stern" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:2629f01c462bb$04c8ee60$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> For some months now I have had a folder with the "name"
~
>> on my desktop which refuses to be deleted permanently. I
>> have been told that it was caused by a bug in a
Microsoft
>> update and that it is a backup of my Outlook Express
>> addresses - if so it's about time they fixed it.
>>
>> Is there a way to get rid of this irritating object once
>> and for all?
>>
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