Another Mystery Desktop Icon

I'm running Win 98 and have a "MS" icon on my desktop with the name "~".
I can't seem to open it with any of the programs I've tried - I keep
getting the message that "~" is not a valid file.

When I click on "Properties", there is only one "General" tab with the
following information: Location: C:\Windows\Desktop
Type: File
Size: 176 KB
Created: Thursday, Feb. 3/05
Attributes: Archive

Any suggestions how I can open this file to find out what it is?

Thanks
Ed

~ file on the desktop is a recurring bug from an update to OE, it is a copy
of the address.book created as a placeholder when the address book was being
updated. if you renamed it 'somename.wab' it would open in your address book
by clicking it, it can be deleted

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I'm running Win 98 and have a "MS" icon on my desktop with the name "~".
I can't seem to open it with any of the programs I've tried - I keep
getting the message that "~" is not a valid file.

When I click on "Properties", there is only one "General" tab with the
following information: Location: C:\Windows\Desktop
Type: File
Size: 176 KB
Created: Thursday, Feb. 3/05
Attributes: Archive

Any suggestions how I can open this file to find out what it is?

Thanks
Ed

Bo (well, it's almost Bob) :-)

Thanks, that's what it was and it's now deleted.

Ed



AlmostBob wrote:

~ file on the desktop is a recurring bug from an update to OE, it is a copy
of the address.book created as a placeholder when the address book was being
updated. if you renamed it 'somename.wab' it would open in your address book
by clicking it, it can be deleted