Desktop.ini Opens on Startup
Symptom/Sign of Problem
After doing a virus removal, particularly on un-hiding drives, the Desktop.ini folder opens on the desktop at boot-up
The Desktop.ini file is open in notepad when the system comes back from reboot
Fix Steps:
Step 1:
1. Go to Start -- All Programs -- Startup
2. If the desktop.ini file does not appear, right click and choose ‘Explore’ from the context menu, this will open the folder with the desktop.ini file
3. Right click the desktop.ini file and click ‘Properties’
4. Check the ‘Hidden’ attribute box.
5. Reboot. The file will no longer appear
Note: Do not delete this file if it is showing in the Startup folder as some important desktop settings may be present in this file
Desktop.ini. The content of the files looks like:
[.shellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%systemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll, -21787
Desktop.ini Opens on Startup
10:23 PM
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