tilde file name I have a numkber of files named ~

Posted: 11-12-2003, 09:08 AM
Does any body have a file named " ~ " I have a number of these files dotted
around my hard drive also they seem to be on win 2k systems as well


any ideas pls

martin


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Re: tilde file name I have a numkber of files named ~
Posted: 11-12-2003, 09:36 AM
Hi Martin

The ~(Tilde) phenomenon is a bug in Outlook Express and is a copy of the Address Book after it has been updated. You can delete those.

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> Does any body have a file named " ~ " I have a number of these files dotted
> around my hard drive also they seem to be on win 2k systems as well
>
>
> any ideas pls
>
> martin
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Posted: 11-12-2003, 10:13 AM
The tilde (~) is a result of this patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...94/default.asp

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Does any body have a file named " ~ " I have a number of these files dotted
around my hard drive also they seem to be on win 2k systems as well


any ideas pls

martin



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Re: tilde file name I have a numkber of files named ~
Posted: 11-12-2003, 01:58 PM
"MARTIN" <nospam@local.xx> wrote in message
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> Does any body have a file named " ~ " I have a number of these files
> dotted around my hard drive also they seem to be on win 2k systems as
> well
>
>
> any ideas pls
>
> martin
It's a bug in a recent OE update.
It's the backup of the Address Book that should have been named *.wa~ and
placed in the same Windows folder as your *.wab Address Book file.

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