What is this?

[mutt k]

I keep getting a " ~ " appearing on my desktop together with a Microshaft logo. I have no idea where it comes from and the computer is happy to send it to the recycling bin. Does anyone know what it means?

[_dobbo_]

Does it by any chance appear when you start up outlook or outlook express?

I get one in the root of my C drive that outlook creates. God alone knows what it's for.

[JamieBeeston]

its probably a tempoary file..

most likely summin is dropping its pants and dumping its temps to you desktop..

any clue as to the owner ..

i have seen word do this with docs opened from the desktop.

[GregE240]

...what the man above me said.

[mutt k]

No clues at all where they come from. Generally about 900-920kb in size.

[BliarOut]

from the command line, type

set

Have a look at your variables and make sure the temp variable is set, if not, post back which OS you are on and someone will tell you how to set it.

[zumbruk]

These are the scratch files that Microsoft applications create when you open a document - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, whatever. MS applications create these in the same directory the original document is in. (Try editing a Word document in C:TEMP and after you've opened it, look in the directory). If you open a document on your desktop, that's where the scratch files go.