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"Ghost" icon on desktop - huh?
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 "~$" appear. What is this? And how do I eliminate it from my desktop? - Using Office 2007 for the PC |
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"Ghost" icon on desktop - huh?
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:45:01 -0800, John
wrote: I think its the temp file created while the file is open. is the original file on your desktop? When I have an Excel (or Word) file open on my PC computer, a greyed-out Excel icon appears on my desktop and stays there until I close the Excel file. Underneath the greyed-out icon, the characters "~$" appear. What is this? And how do I eliminate it from my desktop? - Using Office 2007 for the PC |
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"Ghost" icon on desktop - huh?
I've never seen excel do this.
But when you open a file in MSWord, MSWord will create a temporary file in the same folder. This temporary file will be named based on the original file, but the first two characters will be replaced with ~$ I don't think you can change this behavior in MSWord. But as you noted, this file is "greyed-out". The file is marked Hidden (rightclick on it and choose properties. Then check on the General Tab.) You can choose to see files marked hidden or have them hidden. Open Windows Explorer Tools|Folder Options|View Tab Scroll down a bit and you'll see a couple of option buttons. Click on the "Do not show hidden files and folders" Or you could just ignore that file. It should disappear when you close that file (in MSWord). If it doesn't, you can delete it yourself. John wrote: 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 -- Dave Peterson |
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