desktop.ini

Can any one tell me what this is and if it's spyware how to get rid," Desktop.ini", I keep deleting but it keeps reappearing, Thanks

Hello! Well last night i've removed by accident my desktop.ini and some other files that were next to it and just forgot about them. So today i've try to turn my laptop on, everything seems to be fine but until i log in into my windows account after that, the screen just goes black and can't...

Since the mass update about 10 days ago, (not the last one about 3 days ago), my Office 2013 Pro Plus 64 bit has not been working at all. I can’t open either the programs or any file created by them. Two minor issues also started at the same time. On every start of Windows desktop.ini pops up...

For a special purpose system, I'd like to set a background image on a library folder. In a "regular" folder, this is very easy setting the desktop.ini, but this does not work in the "meta" folders that are libraries. I've been otherwise unable to figure out how this might be done. Is it...

Hello Everyone and thanks in advance for your help! Blue screen when automatic updates installed last night. Now on reboot I get the following Notepad popping up (below). I also copied the blue screen crash info. Any input would be much appreciated. 1. The desktop.ini file does exist as...

i have a huge mp3 library. in it are A LOT of "desktop.ini" files i'd like to delete. i have "show hidden files" ticked, but i still can't pull them up to delete them. any ideas? EDIT: got it. thank god for the Search Everything utility.

NEVER MIND - I GOT IT. THX I have yet to figure out what useful function the desktop.ini files perform. If I delete them or not I see no change in operation. Can someone enlighten me???????? thx

Hi everyone.. I know that when I customize a folder icon, a desktop.ini file will be created inside that folder, but if I assign a picture of that folder in (folder pictures panel) where are these data saved? Because when I put this folder in another PC the picture is missing, and goes to...

I insert a DVD+RW with some movie files on it into the dvd drive of my computer. A couple of seconds later the dvd drive appears in my Windows Explorer (under 64bit Win7) and the movie files can be seen in a section "Files currently on the disc". Fine so far. But the much to my surprise...

Hi All I appear to have an issue with Offline files. I have a redirected Start Menu and Desktop so that users get the same interface as if they were online at work. This is an AD domain environment using GPO for all settings detailed below. Before I try the below error testing, you should...

Lately I've noticed two identical appearing icons on my desktop, entitled desktop.ini. Do I need these. I'm trying to reduce the clutter. One says last modified 8/8/10 and the other 6/26/10. When I start to delete it, it says it is a system file. Can I delete it? Mel

I've been trying to modify the "folder picture" for a large number of folders, and to that end am going to write a script to modify the desktop.ini in each folder. The thing is, changing the desktop.ini doesn't seem to have any visible effect. If I manually change the picture (folder...

When I see the icons on my desktop, I have 2 'desktop.ini' files. I see that one is from my main user and another from the 'public' user. Is there anyway to tell Win7 NOT to show the desktop.ini files at all on the actual desktop? I see that it is a 'hidden' file, but that doesn't seem to make...

On Windows XP you could make a .ini file and set a picture to be the background (not folder icon) of the file (also change font colours ect.) But none of this works on 7 or Vista. I just wanted to know if there was a way to enable this on Vista or 7.

Windows 7 Version 6.1 Build (7100) Question - Every time I insert a Commercial or Burnable DVD or CD into the drive. The "desktop.ini" file will insert itself automatically onto the disc and displays that it is ready to be burned to the disc. Has this been fixed on the latest version on Windows...

unfortunately i can't make this post to 1 problem specific... heres the deal, i was on XP and i waited for 7, now using Home Premium and i like 7 very much but some things are realy weird and buggy. i use untouched (final version) installation, it was fresh after format, my pc is well...

Not sure if this has already been posted but in case it hasn't the desktop.ini fix is out now (sorry if it's already been posted but I didn't see it). Link Removed due to 404 Error Actually I like the Mar 2010 expiry date. cheers jimbo