Icons with ~ identifier

[Peter Sutcliffe]

I often get anicon appearing on my desktop with a .~
identifier. I cannot open the file with any program I
have on my computer.
Does anyone know where these icons come from, are they
relevant, and if so, how does one open them?
Thanks.
Peter Sutcliffe

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Rename it with a .wab extension and you will find that it is a copy of your
address book. This is a known issue caused by a recent Windows Update.
Microsoft is aware of this harmless issue, but no fix has come forth yet.
You can safely delete it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
[url]www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone[/url]
Win98 Help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Peter Sutcliffe" <p.sutcliffe@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:015d01c34e28$5b9fbf00$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I often get anicon appearing on my desktop with a .~
> identifier. I cannot open the file with any program I
> have on my computer.
> Does anyone know where these icons come from, are they
> relevant, and if so, how does one open them?
> Thanks.
> Peter Sutcliffe