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is it possible to manually create an desktop.ini file?
Hello, I am having a problem with the desktop.ini showing up in the My Documents folder. It only appears when browsing for an existing document with Word. If I click on the My Documents folder then I do not see desktop.ini. Your help is appreciated. Thanks.

desktop.ini
The purpose of this is to copy the file to the temp directory = so it can be put back later. copy %tif%\desktop.ini %temp%\zxcde.lks>nul Copies the desktop.ini file to the temp directory and calls The strange name is to eliminate the possibility that you may already = have a desktop.ini in your temp directory.

AVG freezes when it scans desktop.ini
For more information on what desktop.ini files are see the following: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/ie/reskit/ie4/part3/part3b.asp -- Walter Clayton - MS MVP(MPS-D) Associate Expert Some desktop.ini icons have appeared in a lot of files on my computer. First: why? Second: how can I hide them. thanks.

Desktop.ini questions - related to slow performance?
INI at 21:50:31.60 Explorer closed C:\WINDOWS\FAVORITES\DESKTOP.INI at 21:50:31.60 Explorer opened C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\DESKTOP. INI at 21:50:31.110 Explorer opened C:\MY DOCUMENTS\DESKTOP.INI at 21:50:31.110 Explorer closed C:\MY DOCUMENTS\DESKTOP.INI at 21:50:31.110 Explorer opened C:\PROGRAM

How to eliminate the Desktop.ini file
George Hester hesterl...@hotmail.com microsoft public win2000 general /( really hould not have a desktop.ini on the root. I have never seen one there. Remember you will need to make the folder Read-only to get the icon to change for the root and that in itself is asking for trouble.

Desktop.ini
Est-ce que qqn connaîtrait la TOTALITE des infos de paramétrage des dossiers qui peuvent être codées dans le desktop.ini (ou connaîtrait un site qui aurait l'info). J'ai cherché via google, mais je n'ai rien trouvé d'exhaustif, uniquement les trucs connus de tous (chgt d'icône, p.ex.

Avoiding the desktop.ini notepad popup on startup, and
Very Joyful (Victoria) veryjoy...@yahoo.com microsoft public frontpage client I'm pretty sure that the desktop.ini file sits in each folder on your hard drive and tells Windows how to display that folder (like list or thumbnails, you know?). So, I don't think there will be a problem with deleting it.

desktop.ini-. ?
Remove them at your peril. eg if you remove Desktop.ini from Fonts, then the font system will fail. Using an axe to destroy a computer system is less subtle but just as effective as removing essential files. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In

disable creation of desktop.ini
Arpan arpan...@hotmail.com microsoft public win2000 general nks, Don, for your suggestions; could see desktop.ini now! You have asked me the reason for tampering with desktop.ini. Yesterday I learnt how to get rid of the usual yellow folder icon & assign some other user-defined icon (I just hate those yellow

Customizing folders with desktop.ini files - how to hide *MY ...
Desktop.ini is the folder that give the c:\recycled folder the same properties as the Recycled Bin. Info2 stores the names of files in the bin. The Recycled Bin is a special [ Want to have fun - swap your desktop ini around your folders - turn fonts into temp internet files, turn fonts into the recycled bin.

Creating Desktop.ini files
Open it and move the desktop.ini somewhere. Go back to %allusersprofile%\ and it should say just Documents. This is it's true name. Shared Documents is the name that only english XP users see. Other language see different things but the real name dooesn't change. "Wesley VogelX" <123WVogel...@comcast.net> wrote in

hiding files on shares (eg. desktop.ini)
David Candy dav...@sia.net.au microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Desktops.ini are usually hidden and you sound like you have show hidden filles on. Also no matter what, desktop.ini will never be shown in explorer for some folders unless something is wrong. First restore all your desktop.ini.

Displaying folder contents - desktop.ini ???
John M. Wisner joh...@mindspring.com microsoft public win98 apps so ignore it. what harm is it doing? xRAY <x...@x.com> wrote in message news:3810CB1A.D664C7B7@x.com... Does anyone know how to eliminate the Desktop.ini file from being created on the desktop all the time? Every time I reboot it re-appears.

desktop.ini
Ted Zieglar ted...@notmail.com microsoft public windowsxp perform_maintain Desktop.ini describes the characteristics of the folder. For example, it describes the appearance of the folder's icon. It doesn't "track" you - and neither does content.ie5, lol. If you delete desktop.ini you will lose any customizations

Desktop.ini at the ftp server
No, not without creating another desktop.ini or fixing the existing one. In fact a lot of folks have problems with some special folders if the desktop.ini is missing or damaged. See this. [[Special Folders Question: One of my special folders (eg My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost

installed IE5---now can't install FONTS
But, when it gets to desktop.ini (in favourites) it freezes and I need to reboot. Has anybody else experienced this or does anyone know what is happening? Jo The only desktop.ini I have is in the windows directory (W89SE) and it is just a small text file. What does it contain if you open it in notepad? Grtz Wessel.

desktop.ini Folder.htt
Wesley Vogel 123WVogel...@comcast.net microsoft public windowsxp general You multiposted this same message to... microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support Why not just customize the folder with icon you want and let Windows create the desktop.ini? 127 is the icon that looks like the icon that My Pictures folder

Desktop.ini
Richard G. Harper rghar...@email.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion The desktop.ini folder stores any custom settings or changes you've made to the desktop by customizing it. It appears as a Notepad icon because you opened it in Notepad, or opened some other INI file in Notepad previously.

Desktop.ini File won't Hide
Russ exother...@POTROASThome.com 24hoursupport helpdesk microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Actually, if you are using Win98, you will find desktop.ini in any file folder that you have customized the view|options for in Windows Explorer. All the other ones will use the default view. Dick Miles wrote: What is

What is "Desktop.ini" file in my favorites folder, what does ...
Gary Smith bitbuc...@example.com microsoft public win2000 setup bill <no_repl...@verizon.com> wrote: I keep seeing desktop.ini files: a search shows that I have 96 of these files. Most are in ...\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 folders and the subfolders of these. (Each user has at least one subfolder in