-=PCTechTalk=- Re: odd icon on desktop
- From: ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:31:14 -0400
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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