-=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon
- From: "SandiBeach" <SandiBeach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:48:16 -0500
O.K. Cosmic, Clint, and Hank--I hear you loud and clear! And learned
something new today as well. I just now went to drag it back to the desktop
and, lo and behold, there was another of the little "buggers" already on my
desktop. Now I am going to zip and send to you Cosmic.
Thanks to all.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Bateman" <cbateman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon
> right click on it and restore it first.
>
> clint
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SandiBeach
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:40 PM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: flying window icon
>
>
> Cosmic, I have a bunch of these in the recycle bin but when I right
> click on it I do not get an option to zip and send. And, by the way, I
> just shut down my computer due to thunderstorms and rebooted a few
> minutes ago. The icon did not appear so that is not the trigger. Sandi
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "*=C7=F5$m=EF=A2*" <Cosmic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:55 PM
> Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: flying window icon
>
>
> > What version of windows are you running ?? Also any chance you could=20
> > zip
> it and send it to me off list I can try and look at it .. I have the
> same thing but it is not the Window icon <I changed all my system icons>
> and I am running XP .. For me it turns out to be a copy of my Address
> book .. It doesn't seem to happen all the time though ..
> > ----- Original Message -----=20
> > From: Sylviavandewall
> > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:39 PM
> > Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: flying window icon
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Sandi,
> > I can't help you here but I just want to say, I have the same
> problem
> > already for a long time. Every time I plan to ask the group what
> that
> > problem can be but my English is not so good and I didn't know how=20
> > to
> tell
> > this problem in English. I'm happy with you asking it on here so
> maybe
> > somebody knows what it is and I can be helped also.
> > Sylvia.........Holland.
> >
> >
> >
> > > For some time now I periodically have an icon show up on my=20
> > desktop
> with
> > the
> > > upper right corner turned down and a flying window in a=20
> > rectangular
> shaped
> > > icon. Also there is ~ under it.
> > > Properties says it is 247 kb and is MS-DOS name. I ran a virus=20
> > scan
> and
> > it
> > > was clean so opened it and it went to an "open with" option. I
> chose
> > > notepad and that was too small so went to WordPad and the stuff=20
> > that
> comes
> > > up is gibberish--lots of little squares, etc. Acrobat Reader says
>
> > '~'
> is
> > > not a supported file type or the file has been corrupted (i.e.=20
> > sent as
> an
> > > attachment and was not correctly decoded).
> > > Guess it is no big problem but I am curious about what this is. I
> have
> > > deleted it numerous times and it keeps popping back up. I checked
> the
> > > recycle bin and counted 8 of them since I last emptied the bin. I
> usually
> > > leave my computer on 24/7 so this may be just happening at boot
> up. I
> > will
> > > pay attention from now on and see if that is the case.
> > > Does anyone know what this icon is for and why it is persisting
> in
> > residing
> > > on my desktop?
> > > Sandi
> >
> >
> > To unsub or change your email settings:
> > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
> >
> > To access our Archives:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
> > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
> >
> > For more info:
> > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk
> >
> >
> > To unsub or change your email settings:=20
> > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
> >
> > To access our Archives:=20
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
> > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
> >
> > For more info:=20
> > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk
> >
>
>
> To unsub or change your email settings:
> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
>
> To access our Archives:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
>
> For more info: =
> //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk
>
>
> To unsub or change your email settings:
> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
>
> To access our Archives:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
>
> For more info:
> //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
>
To unsub or change your email settings:
//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
To access our Archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
For more info:
//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
Other related posts:
