>ok,
> This is FOR SURE how to fix this problem. I had the same problem on my machine, 
>and this is what I did to fix it:
>
>ok i fixed it, but it took some HEAVY digging (for me anyway) to figure out how...this 
>is what I did (documenting it for further reference)
>
>First off, I figured it had to be a system file attribute association, since I could 
>not remove (hide) the file by selecting to hide system files in the folder view. 
>(Desktop.ini is originally associated as a windows system file, and is by default, 
>hidden.) So to fix both problems I did this:
>
>1. Open up the command prompt.
>
>2. Went to the C: drive
>
>3. typed this: attrib -h -s desktop.ini /s
>
>      (What this command did was dissassociate every desktop.ini file in every directory 
>of the C: drive [my hard drive] as being a system or hidden file. I had to do this 
>first because you cannot change [or add attributes to] files that are associated 
>as system or hidden files.)
>
>4. Then typed this: attrib +h +s desktop.ini /s
>
>       (This did the reverse of the last command and associated all the desktop.ini 
>files as system and hidden files. Thus removing them from all folder views.)
>
>Now, the strange thing is...I did NOT go into the command line to remove* these 
properties, 
>so I don't know HOW they got screwed up in the first place. Also, I know I'm not 
>the only person to have had this problem, but as far as I know, I am the only one 
>to have fixed it...and posted anything about it.
>
>*screw up
>
>






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re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (nodata: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 3:23 pm)


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