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