desktop.ini on Startup

[Paul K.]

Everytime I start or restart my computer, Notepad opens a
desktop.ini file, which contains the following text:

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

How do I fix this and prevent it from opening? Obviously,
there are tons of desktop.ini files on my computer. How
can I figure out which one this is?

 

[David Candy]

File - Save As will tell you. And it's because you removed the hidden attribute from the file so as it's in the startup folder it gets executed.

 

[Kelly]

Hi David! )

Paul,

In other terms:

Notepad Starts With "[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll,-21787" When You
Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q330132

This is related to the DESKTOP.INI file in the Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup, or Documents and
Settings\<yourusername>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder.

Click Start, and open the Programs Menu. Click the Startup sub item and
look for a Desktop.ini entry. If you can see the Desktop.ini entry, right
click it and select Properties. Ensure that the Hidden attribute is
checked.

Otherwise - Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in:

ATTRIB %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup\Desktop.ini +H

and

ATTRIB %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup\Desktop.ini +H

Replace <your user name> with your actual User name.




File - Save As will tell you. And it's because you removed the hidden
attribute from the file so as it's in the startup folder it gets executed.