-=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon
- From: "Clint Bateman" <cbateman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:20:37 -0500
I found this on another group it may help with this problem. Note I do
not use this so I did not test it.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 6:45 am Post subject: =20
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Mystery solved! It is the result of a windows update 330994 patch. You
get the temp file after a change is made to your address book in Outlook
express. You can see if you have the patch by going to
IE....Help...About and seeing if the patch is listed there. I made a
change to my address book this morning and "Bingo" the file appeared!=20
Here is the info I obtained! Phewwwwww! Glad that's over with!=20
One of the "fixes" from MS several months ago causes this glitch.=20
What that file is (which I believe you will see is named "~") is your
yourname.wa~ file which on my PC resides in C:\Windows\Application
Data\Microsoft\Address Book .=20
That file is the backup for yourname.wab (the OE Address Book). But now,
after the glitch, the .wa~ file is no longer getting updated when you
make a change to Address Book. Rather it goes to your Desktop as "~"
instead of to C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book as
yourname.wa~.=20
However, your Address Book, itself, is still getting updated. So unless
you worry about the backup no longer being updated(what good is it,
anyway??), you can delete the "~" file. Or if you cannot live without
the updated backup .wa~ file, then just rename that suspicious "~" file
to yourname.wa~ and send it to the C:\Windows\Application
Data\Microsoft\Address Book folder (replacing the existing and now
outdated yourname.wa~ file).=20
Supposedly MS was working on a fix many months ago, but I have seen no
announcement of one yet, and none of the recent MS fixes have cured the
problem.=20
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That "~" (tilde) file is most probably appearing as the result of
installing the "April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express
(330994)". Microsoft is aware of the problem and is supposedly working
on a fix. Many people are experiencing this problem and from what I've
read about this problem that icon will also reappear when you reply to
an e-mail and you have your Outlook Express set up to enter the persons
e-mail address to your address book whenever you reply to an e-mail. You
can either just put up with it or follow the uninstall directions for
the patch at the link below.=20
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/330994/default.as
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-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of *=C7=F5$m=EF=A2*
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:45 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: flying window icon
It's a Copy of Her address book .. and I have no clue why we get them
LOL=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Sylviavandewall=20
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:12 PM
Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: flying window icon
I don't run Spybot, I don't know if Sandi does.
Sylvia.
> I would like to know, Do you run Spybot? I want to know if it is
something
spybot would kill.
> Sincerely Yours,
> Hank
>
>
> 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
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