Summary: The other day, I noticed a file on my desktop called '~'. The icon displayed was one of the default icons Windows displays when no application is asso...
Summary: I am trying to open up an HTML file on my Desktop and I am getting the following error "Windows can not find ........ . Make sure you typed the name c...
Summary: I have Ghost files on my desktop that are semi transparent and when I attempt to delete them, I recieve a "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the so...
Summary: I keep getting this file on my desktop everytime I play a video clip using my new broadband. It is a tiny file "dxva_sig. I have a ATI 9600 Graphics c...
Summary: Hi, there's a game i downloaded, its an exe file on my desktop, and i want to delete it but when i try it says "cannot delete file, being used by othe...
Summary: Hi Chuck, I downloaded moveonboot, but when I tried to delete the file on reboot it says "The file ... CA0TMFKH either is locked or does not exist. Do...
Summary: Hello! I am having a bit of a problem with a couple of rogue files that just do not want to go away. They are not harming my system nor are they causi...
Summary: Greetings, I have a notebook running windows xp pro and I occasionally get a file with just a tilde character as a name appearing on the desktop occas...
Summary: this is the most weird thing I have encountered. all of a sudden my pc started working weird and then there is this file named "scrap" appeared on my ...
Summary: Hi folks, Where can I find the files saved on Desktop if the OS fail to boot? I can boot the PC with LiveCD and mount the HD. I can recover files s...
Summary: Whenever I close Outlook Express I get a file named "~" on my desktop. I have been deleting it, but I would really like to know what it is and why it...
Summary: Ivo, Is the icon actually "}" or is it the "~" (tilde)icon? If it's the "~" (tilde) icon the link below explains it. What is the Tilde (~) file that a...
Summary: I am running xp and ie. My home page got changed on me. And then a file called t1 started showing on my c: drive, along with the normal 7-9 folders th...
Summary: Hi there, I've got unknow file (CA83E9SB)appearing on my desktop and impossible to delete. They have 0 bytes and dunno where from. Cant open them,(un...
Summary: I have 2 computers one with windows XP prof and other with home edition. The schedule task on the home edition doesn't work and gives an error everyti...
Summary: Ok ... I have a solution to this problem that works under XP 32-bit, but am stuck as far as XP/Vista 64-bit is concerned, since I dual-boot with XP 32...
Summary: We are using novell servers v4.2 sp9. We have the Novell client 4.9 SP1a on windows XP SP1 workstations. Sometimes we cannot delete files on the serve...
Summary: Thanks for replying. I found the instructions on techtv.com call for help forum. If anyone cares...this is how it's done: Display Properties Appearanc...
Summary: I think you have never cleaned the disk anytime since you purchased the computer. Clean temporary internet files uninstall all the unwanted software...
Summary: I have a laptop that died but the HDD w/ Windows XP is good. There are files on this drive that I would like to get (yes I know I should have backed ...
Summary: I’m re-posting this since I haven’t been able to get an answer on this or other fo-rums. Thanks for your help and patience. From salgolf Out of the b...
Summary: Hi I have googled about this pesky image that keeps appearing on my desktop called Userimages.bmp . I delete it and it comes back now and then. After ...
Summary: I am unable to run any programs and do not have any icons or taskbar/toolbar onto my computer. I have deleted the spyware and adware files on my comp...
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