The Mystery of the reappearing file!

[TraceyHand]

Ok, this one has me stumped!
I have a file on my desktop that just won't stay dead (ironically, it happens to be an .acd file!)

I've lost count of how many times I've deleted it and emptied my recycle bin but it reappears EVERY time, without fail!
Usually next day (or perhaps next boot up?) but it's always back!
I've been trying to delete the damn thing since July, with no luck!

Incidentally, each time it reappears, it changes the 'last modified' date too to the current date.

anyone got any words of wisdom as to the best way to get shot of the blighter?

TIA!
Frustrated of Gainsborough

[jont]

Have you tried renaming it - shifting it to a temp folder off the desktop and then shredding the fecker?

[TraceyHand]

hadn't thought of shredding it actually!

hmmmmmmmm...

*rubs her hands together.....*

[Duncan Rounding]

Just watch - you're going to wish you kept that file later. LOL

[TraceyHand]

LOL
well, it's an early V8 snapshot. The second one I took on 8th July 2007 (apparently..according to it's original filename anyway!) so I very much doubt it's going to be much use!
Unless it has some historical importance, that is.....but I seriously doubt it

[TraceyHand]

right, I've placed the renamed file into a new folder and deleted the whole folder...also (as I have many times before) emptied the recycle bin.
If it reappears again, I'll shred it and anything near it LOL

Morbid curiosity has me checking the desktop, obsessively, now...watching for the reappearance of..well, something!

Meantime, I found 3 occurances of it in my recycle bin as a testiment to how many times I've deleted it since I last emptied.
I've almost become immune to seeing it on the desktop...but not so much that it doesn't bug the hell outta me!

[gabrielcrowe]

perhaps you have some backup or mirroring software, putting it back?

[jont]

almost become immune to seeing it on the desktop

Change the icon it uses to fluffy cats sitting in a basket.

[Duncan Rounding]

It seems this is quite a common 'feature' - a G search brings up many such examples. The only common thing that is mentioned is the user profile.

It also seems that they may reappear after accessing another PC on the network....?

Perhaps:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283902

[TraceyHand]

It seems this is quite a common 'feature' - a G search brings up many such examples. The only common thing that is mentioned is the user profile.

It also seems that they may reappear after accessing another PC on the network....?

Perhaps:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283902

hmm..well, I have no user profiles set up as the laptop is only ever used by me..and I don't have access to any other computers, nor do any others have access to this one.

It's definitely very odd that it's only this one file although, since renaming, putting in a new folder and deleting the whole folder, it hasn't reappeared (am I going to miss it?!) so fingers crossed!


As for jont's fluffy cats...that'd just make me MORE likely to want to shoot the screen!

[chris ashdown]

Tracey

Rignt click on the toolbar and switch off lock the toolbar, then remove the file

If you have the toolbar locked it just keeps making copies as you delete them

[NormanRouxel]

Do you sync your PC to a PDA or mobile phone? If so, the file may be coming from there.

[TraceyHand]

oh fgs...we have a reappearance!
It's reappeared, on the desktop, with its original filename

According to the 'last modified' time, it reappeared at 12.13pm today!

No PDA/device synch used.. no remote anything..nothing.
Just me and my laptop!

Right...gonna shred the beggar now and see if that gets shot of it!

[Duncan Rounding]

Next time you'll have thousands of little bits reappear!!

[Mike Hughes]

Are you sure it's not your backup snapshot that actinic's creating every time you close it.

What's inside the file anyway?

Mike

Edit: OK, it sounds like an old one, but worth checking inside it anyway.