Unwanted "Desktop.ini" icons appear on desktop. Windows 7 64bit

Anonymous
2009-12-13T07:16:51+00:00

These icons are not short cuts, but notepad files.  Why are they there?   How can they be eliminated?

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Ramesh 181.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2009-12-13T09:17:29+00:00

Hi AntipodeamRJ,

Enabling the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) setting in Folder Options hides the two Desktop.ini files, as well. To access the Folder Options, open Windows Explorer, click Organize, click Folder and Search Options and select the View tab.

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-24T18:22:06+00:00

    Hi tosmith,

    I think you can try this solution

    desktop.ini file appears in the windows start up so if in case we delete this file from the startup menu and the start up folder, we can have this **** removed from the desktop.

    It should not harm any of the functionality on your machine.

    Best of Luck!!!

    cheers!!

    Piyush

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-04-16T17:16:55+00:00

    Genius!!!

    Thanks

    It worked!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-16T17:18:15+00:00

    Genius!!!

    Thanks

    It worked!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-06-03T14:51:04+00:00

    Did you find a solution? I got the same Access denied and Not Resetting errors and I double checked that I DID run as administrator.

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