desktop.ini problem

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I keep getting the notepad openening whenever I boot to vista, I have
followed the MS KB for removal instructions but it isn't working. I have
tried both recommended ways to stop notepad opening , win explorer>>>views>>
uncheck Hide file extentions etc etc and delete desktop.ini file and the
other method of looking for it in startup under msconfig. but when I reeboot
it comes right back.
 
Do you actually get a blank new txt document opening?
or do you keep getting desktop.ini comming back when you restart?

A little more info may be helpfull
 
what I can say is if you see the "desktop.ini" icon on your desktop then you
must have your system set to show hidden files and in that case you will
always see the "desktop.ini" icon on your desktop and if you delete it, then
it will alwys return. if you disable "show hidden files and folders" you
won't see "desktop.ini" on your desktop anymore.

On the other hand if you just keep getting notepad opening everytime you
start windows then it may be worth looking at your antivirus program it may
be set to save a log file to the desktop.
Or it could be any other startup program that may have logging enabled and
set to save to the desktop.
 
Hi T5,

The desktop.ini file in one of your two Startup folders has lost it's Hidden
and/or System attributes, it seems. First, in Folder Options, choose "Show
hidden files or folders" AND uncheck "Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended)".

Then open your Start menu on the desktop, go to All Programs, right click on
the Startup folder, and select Open. Then do this again, only this time
select Open All Users. In each Startup folder, check each desktop.ini's
properties on the Properties dialogue's General tab. There should be a
checkmark by Hidden, and Hidden should be grayed out. If this is not the
case for one of your desktop.ini's, Copy the desktop.ini that IS
hidden/grayed out and Paste it into the folder that has the desktop.ini that
IS NOT hidden/grayed out. When the dialogue pops up, choose Replace.

Hope this helps,
Dean
 
Thx guys but nothing seems to work, I will explain again for Will, I keep
getting the notepad opening when I boot up and I cannot get rid of it
 
(Starting from scratch...)

C:\Users\(YOUR NAME)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Confirm that in each of the above two folders, that there is a desktop.ini
file with the
following contents (nothing more, nothing less), as seen in Notepad:

----------------------------------(below this
line)-------------------------------

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

----------------------------------(above this
line)-------------------------------


Now, in Windows Explorer (which should be "Run as Administrator"), go to:

C:\Users\(YOUR NAME)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs

Select the Startup folder. While holding down the Shift key, right click on
the Startup folder, and choose "Open Command Window Here". In the Command
Window, at the prompt, type (or copy and paste):

attrib +H +S -R desktop.ini

Press Enter on your keyboard.

Now go to:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Select the Startup folder. While holding down the Shift key, right click on
the Startup folder, and choose "Open Command Window Here". In the Command
Window, at the prompt, type (or copy and paste):

attrib +H +S -R desktop.ini

Press Enter on your keyboard.

Hope this helps,
Dean
 
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