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~ File what is it?

IronMonkey (Competent) posted this on Monday, 20th December 2004, 18:47

Do any of you guys know what a ~ file is by any chance.

It keeps appearing on my PC C: at random intervals and I have not got the foggiest what it is.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

RE: ~ File what is it?

HD462 (Elite) posted this on Monday, 20th December 2004, 18:50

The tilde (~) file is to do with backup of the Windows address book. It only happens under certain scenarios, see this site for more info. Here`s another site too. :)




Mark. :)

This item was edited on Monday, 20th December 2004, 18:53

RE: ~ File what is it?

pentode (Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 21st December 2004, 16:02

MS Word generates a temporary file with a ~ prefix when you open a document. The file is deleted when you close the document.

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