-=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon
- From: "SandiBeach" <SandiBeach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:30:06 -0500
I run Adaware but not Spybot. Adaware shows nothing.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hank" <hdka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon
> I would like to know, Do you run Spybot? I want to know if it is something
spybot would kill.
> Sincerely Yours,
> Hank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: SandiBeach
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 6:48 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon
>
>
> 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
> > >
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