Can someone help or advise me please. I have recently purchased a new laptop with XP home installed. When I am using IE6 if I close the programme down I get a short cut appearing on my desktop with a symbol ~ I have Norton 2004 installed and have checked this file and I am told there is no threats. When I try to open the file it asks me “open with “ Fearing the worst, I delete the file and then empty the recycle bin. My question is thus; why does this shortcut keep appearing, can I stop it and what is it??? Sorry for the long winded question.
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Shortcut on desktop keeps appearing
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It is a bug from the April, 2003 Cumulative IE/OE update package that is yet to be fixed.
The file is nothing more than a backup of your address book. Right-click and delete it.
"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." Tom Amserdam, MS-MVP OE
This will delete it for you.
Dellater
Thanks to bcastner for that one.
"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923
The file is nothing more than a backup of your address book. Right-click and delete it.
"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." Tom Amserdam, MS-MVP OE
This will delete it for you.
Dellater
Thanks to bcastner for that one.
"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923
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