FLYING SE7EN Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Recently, I've been noticing after surfing the net for a while, when I close IE I see a icon on my desktop. Its one of the program icons and properties list its file type as ~, and its labeled with a ~ on the desktop. It looks like this: Anyone know what these are?? I'm running XP home version of windows. Thanks. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 does the file delete itself automatically? i know if you're working with an office document it will backup the file you're working on as ~filename.ext as a temp file in case something happens. that's the only thought i have as they're both microsoft apps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan FB Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Maybe this: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 830921 - A file that is named "~" appears on the desktop or in another location on the hard disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYING SE7EN Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Thanks for the link. It looks like it's nothing to worry about right now. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 ~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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