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raccoon

(32,468 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:22 AM Sep 2012

Windows sometimes shows what I call "ghost files." When you're looking at the contents of a folder, [View all]


these files start with ~$ and their icon looks faded.

Why does Windows list them this way?




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