-=PCTechTalk=- Re: odd icon on desktop

HAve you tried opening the header.tmp file using NOTEPAD to see if you can 
fiond any clues in there as to what's creating it?
---Troth


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Foxhillers@xxxxxxx 
  To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 12:27 PM
  Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: odd icon on desktop


  Jim
     I have one called Header.tmp that defies removal or clues to its nativity. 
   I delete it and a short while later, it appears again. And, I have NEVER 
  stored doc or email files on the desktop!
  mjh
  In a message dated 8/31/03 10:55:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
  n1jmm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


  > This most likely happened because you created/edited a document that was 
  > stored on your desktop (not where documents belong,) however some people 
  > feel the need to either create a new document on the desktop or they 
  > drag it from say an email to the desktop to make it easily accessible. 
  > This is not a good practice, all documents and other user files should 
  > be kept in an appropriate directory separate from the operating system. 
  > Some people actually use the My Documents folder.
  > 
  > Bottom line, if you create/store a document on the desktop, it lives in 
  > the desktop folder. When you open / edit that document some programs 
  > create a 'lock' file, some programs create backup files automatically, 
  > some programs create lots of new files anytime you open a file for 
  > whatever purpose, the bottom line here is all those 'extra' files are 
  > created in the same directory you opened the original document from, if 
  > that was your desktop then all those 'extra' files will get icons on 
  > your desktop for as long as they exist.
  > 
  > You might ask why this happens, windows has a folder called 'Desktop' 
  > where it keeps icons for every item on your desktop, these are normally 
  > just link icons that point to the actual file/program to run which is 
  > located in another directory. (The more stuff  in the desktop directory 
  > the longer it takes to boot up and the longer it takes to refresh your 
  > desktop.)
  > 
  > -Jim-
  > 



  MJH


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