Weird Excel File appearing on my desktop

Hey guys, twice now this week an excel file appears on my desktop.
This is what it looks like:
It won't open in MS Excel.
When I tried to trash it, I get the following message:
What is this? And how do I get rid of it?
Thanks.

It's an Excel temporary file, it appears while a file is open but ot saved, it should not be on the desktop, and it should delete when the actual file is saved, or Exce is quit.
Restarting will allow you to delete it.

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