Not at all Sylvia. We are all in this thing together to help one another. It is comforting to have company with a problem. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylviavandewall" <pvdw@xxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:08 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: flying window icon > I have WindowsME. Right now I don't have it because just yesterday I deleted > it again and it always comes back after a while. > Sorry Sandi, I hope you don't mind me interfering in your question. > Sylvia. > > > > What version of windows are you running ?? Also any chance you could 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 ----- > > From: Sylviavandewall > > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:39 PM > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- 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 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 desktop > with > > the > > > upper right corner turned down and a flying window in a rectangular > shaped > > > icon. Also there is ~ under it. > > > Properties says it is 247 kb and is MS-DOS name. I ran a virus 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 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. 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=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 > > > > > 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