Win 8 Auto Opening desktop.ini in Notepad

Albert

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When I switch on my desktop pc it appears to load thebios and roll straight into loading Win 8 alright. The Win 8 loading part firstshows just a quick flicker of a desktop I don’t recognise but I think it’s nota bug but was just created as an admin install desktop by the shop people whenthey upgraded my pc from Win XP to Win 8. The Win 8 tiled start screen for my account(an admin one) then appears. It looks alright. I then click on the daisy flowerpicture tile to go on to get my XP lookalike desktop. What happens then is veryfast, but it seems like two Notepad windows open on my desktop and then mydesktop icons all appear. The two Notepad windows are identical in size and position,half screen size and central. They look like only one because Win 8 puts the secondone exactly on top of the first one. Both Notepad windows have exactly the sameentry:

One blank line below which are these two lines
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
Notepad’s cursor appears resting at the left hand end of thisline

After I close both Notepads everything on my pcappears to work normally. But does anyone know please how to stop them appearingas its obvious they shouldn’t be doing so? I’m not sure if Win 8 putting up twoof them is something to do with Win 8 briefly putting up the shop’s desktop beforeit gets to my start and then my desktop.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Are your folder options set to show protected operating system files? If so, check the Startup folder, see if there is a copy of desktop.ini there. If yes, delete it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Hi Ztruker,

Many thanks for responding.There are 4 each Start Menue and Start-up folders on my pc. See list below. Iassumed you meant Start-up folder No 8 below and deleted the desktop.ini filein that one. When I rebooted, this time only one Notepad opened on my desktop, butstill showing a desktop.ini with the line that ends ‘87. Should I delete the threeother copies of desktop.ini with the ‘87 line in folders 5, 6 and 7 please. Alsoshould I delete the four dektop.ini with the ’86 line in the Start Menu folders– Those four don’t seem to be causing any trouble, I’m not getting any tiles orNotepads opening up showing the ’86 line on the Win 8 Start page, it’s beenonly the ’87 line appearing on the desktop page.

1) C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenuLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21786

2) C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start MenuLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21786

3) C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenuLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21786

4) C:\Users\Albert\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenuLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21786

5) C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Start-upLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

6) C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\Start-upLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

7) C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\Start-upLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

8) C:\Users\Albert\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\Start-upLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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