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  • The Rock
    Super MURCer
    • Oct 1999
    • 1063

    #1

    What the hell is this???

    For some time now, I notice a file simply named "~" (minus quotes of course, no extension) will pop up on my PC from time to time. I found it once when going through folders, and it just "appears" on my desktop sometimes too. WHAAT the hell app is doing this?!?
    Bart
  • dbdg
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 1030

    #2
    Apparently it has something to do with either outlook or outlook express, there is always one in my C drive.

    Don't worry about it.

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    • Technoid
      Super MURCer
      • Sep 1999
      • 7645

      #3
      Weird
      If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

      Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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      • Byock
        Super MURCer
        • Jul 2000
        • 2328

        #4
        I have used outlook and express forever, and have never seen that..
        "I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned."

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        • Guru
          Super MURCer
          • Nov 1999
          • 6018

          #5
          I have IE 6 Win98 SE!
          According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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          • The Rock
            Super MURCer
            • Oct 1999
            • 1063

            #6
            I'm running XP Pro + SP1. I sure hope this is only Outlook. Strikes me as strange that this weird shit would come from a MS app.
            Bart

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            • ayoub_ibrahim
              Super MURCer
              • Dec 1999
              • 2445

              #7
              it's a bug introduced by one of the MS updates.
              iirc it's supposed to be part of your address book & will reappear after you delete it if you add a new person into your address book.

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              • Brian Ellis
                Super MURCer
                • Sep 1999
                • 9623

                #8
                Originally posted by The Rock
                Strikes me as strange that this weird shit would come from a MS app.
                Why? 99% of strange things on Win computers come from MS applications or O/S.
                Brian (the devil incarnate)

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                • Jon P. Inghram
                  Super MURCer
                  • Oct 1999
                  • 3878

                  #9
                  I don't consider a Windows install healthy unless it's got some files like this one that keeps popping up on my system.
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