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Fix The Windows 7 Desktop.ini Bug
« on: March 17, 2009, 08:22:18 PM »
This really annoyed me when I first started build 7057, however I just removed it from my start up, but this is another work around....javajolt

                                 
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The latest build of Windows 7 which has leaked to the Internet a few days ago which will display the contents of the desktop.ini file in a Notepad window which is shown when Windows 7 starts up. This is naturally something that is not intended, here is how you fix the desktop.ini bug so that the contents are not displayed in Notepad when Windows starts.


The easiest way to fix is by following this guide:

Press [Windows R] to open the run dialog and enter shell:startup in the form. Press Enter afterwards.
This will open a Windows Explorer window that is display the startup folder of the Windows 7 operating system.

Change the Windows Explorer settings to enable the display of protected operating system files. Easiest way to go there is to press [ALT] then [T] and then
  • . Click on the view tab and uncheck the option to hide protected operating system files


The desktop.ini file should now appear in the Windows 7 startup folder. Delete the file from that folder.
Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete desktop.ini file there as well.

Change the setting to hide protected operating system files again

Restart the computer or log off and on again to see if the changes have been effective