On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:45:01 -0800, John
wrote:

I think its the temp file created while the file is open.
is the original file on your desktop?


When I have an Excel (or Word) file open on my PC computer, a greyed-out
Excel icon appears on my desktop and stays there until I close the Excel
file. Underneath the greyed-out icon, the characters "~$" appear. What is
this? And how do I eliminate it from my desktop?

- Using Office 2007 for the PC