It's a bug with the address book and outlook express. There is no fix as of
yet, but it's a known issue and I'm sure a patch will be out sooner or
later.
"David Dix" <david@minicat.co.uk> wrote in message
news:095001c34f92$281ca010$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> After a major crash I re-formatted the hard disk and re-
> loaded XP home. Loaded all the updates but now I keep
> getting a shortcut on the desktop labelled ~
>
> If I delete it it pops back up next day.
>
> It seems to come from outlook. What is it and how do I get
> rid of it?
>
> David