xmysterioussoulx
| What is this?
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| Just disable it! More information
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zone
| There's nothing using this features. No application is using this too. So if this is allow, it will be an vunerable state where attacker can inject the ini with more stuff of his own to harvest information. May be a keylogger or other types of trojan.
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JK
| More Logitech nonsense.
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Dubious
| k. I'll turn it off.. see what happenz..
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<{JaPHa}>
| IT IS VERY MUCH REQUIRED FOR MY APC (UPS) Power Supply To Kick In via This PowerChute Software to keep my PC on when there is power outage. This software kicks in the UPS to protect PC... More information
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| Delete this and your system is screwed.
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MeBerserk
| Whahah you n00bs just some stuff of winblows ;-)
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akam faiq
| its ok
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NMT
| Completely safe to delete, deleted mine OK. More information
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ganey
| yuo do know u can delet system stuff when ur pc is on.. and will continue to work fine.. until you restart it.. thats when your screwed
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Jon
| Don't delete this file, it's an important OS file and without it your desktop/Pc is screwed
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Heriberto Perez
| disable,if works fine;delete
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partition
| Hey, don't delete this one. I won't do it again, I need my desktop just the way it is.
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MeBerserk
| Which n00b marked this as "Startup Item Information" anyway =S
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Brian
| Desktop.ini
Desktop.ini is used to tell Windows how to display a folder. For example, enabling Thumbnail view creates a desktop.ini file in that folder which amongst other things, tells Windows to add an extra item to the View menu for that folder. Desktop.ini files are also used when you customize folders, change their icons etc.
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erc
| I think it has something to do with bigfix
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FIONN MC NAMARA
| DO NOT DELETE UNLESS YOU BELIEVE
YOU SHOULD SUFFER FOR THE WRONGDOINGS IN YOUR LIFE More information
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RACH
| i HAVE TWO OF THESE - ONE IN MY DOCUMENTS AND ONE IN ALL USERS DOCUMENTS. SHOULD I DELETE ONE?
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Neil
| PTFBPro.exe uses it
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RangerLostSoul
| I deleted the desktop.ini,,,
Had a headache getting it back on....
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Dominic Gorski
| It just saves your desktop settings. Not dangerous at all.
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mick s
| it looks ok to me
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john
| fine system file
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| This is simply a file used for storing preferences, display names, and such.
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chinuts2u@yahoo.com
| just want 2 know what the hell it is
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Landon Epps
| Folder settings
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ukfrog
| Leave it, it is the system file giving your pc the maping of your desktop.
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| Crap
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otter
| No product information, no company information, no stay
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NoTestTickles
| Isn't this desktop notepad, it is on mine, when I run desktop.ini
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jerermy
| DON'T DELETE IT!!! or else your desktop settings will be change. More information
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| Desktop properties, i left mine, it doesn't take up much resources.
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pjaj
| There are dozens of copies of this file all over Vista. Some are probably junk, others may well do something useful.
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Jamie
| /sigh people are idiots. Windows generates this file in near enough EVERY folder you view, it stores sorting options for your files, along with folder icons (if you customise them).
Next we'll see thumbs.db flagged red... if you don't know anything about computers don't flag something red!
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BocaDave
| This file is necessary and safe accoding to an "expert" article in PC Magazine.
The article said:
Desktop.ini files are used by the system in order to identify "special" folders. You'll find one in My Documents, for example, and another in the Favorites folder. Entries in the desktop.ini file can define a special icon, a tooltip, or a special name, among other things. In particular, a desktop.ini file identifies the folder that corresponds to the Startup menu. Everything that is in that folder—not just the shortcuts—will get executed at start-up unless it has the Hidden attribute. Desktop.ini files are normally hidden; yours must have gotten unhidden somehow. You may wonder why there are two of these files—it's because there's a Startup menu for you individually and another for All Users.
Fortunately, there's an easy way for you to fix the problem. Click the Start button, click All Programs, and right-click the Startup submenu. From the context menu that appears, select Explore. This will bring up a Windows Explorer window showing the shortcuts that make up the menu items, as well as desktop.ini. Right-click desktop.ini, choose Properties from the menu, check the Hidden box, and click OK. Close the Windows Explorer window. Now repeat the process, but upon right-clicking Startup choose Explore All Users instead. Fixed!
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MOE
| THIS IS USED TO LET THIS USER CUSTOMIZ THE FOLDERS AND ICONS ON THE COMPUTER WITH OUT THIS IT BACK TO WINDOWS 95.
I TELL YOU DUDES (IF YOU DELETE IT YOU WELL HAVE TO WAIT FOR MICROSOFT TO BRING IT BACK IN THE NEXT SP )
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K. Saichek, Ph.D.
| WorldTime
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Joseph 138
| I concur Jamie: "Windows generates this file in near enough EVERY folder you view, it stores sorting options for your files, along with folder icons (if you customise them). Next we'll see thumbs.db flagged red... if you don't know anything about computers don't flag something red!"
However 3 or 'don't know' is half red according to the choices given by the manufacturer of this product.
Thus even though this product file is completely safe, the software and user comment structure by design will always be red, because there will always be people who do not know about the file (hense the purpose of this site, product, and column.
Idiocy is the inability to learn, more a function of IQ. The raw ability to figure out problems - without use of any facts that have already been learned.
You are commenting that the users of the forum are "Idiots", which I feel is just loose language. because the equation would generate false positives, and thus have zero predictive value.(people=idiots) would mean all people are profoundly unable to calculate or analyze precisely. This would include you and I. That is false.
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Aamir Y. Desai CCIE#18726
| do what the hell you can, if it doesn't start at startup, it will start later
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botchok
| i have delete it a dozen times and it keeps coming back. my computer seems to work fine
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Trapper
| I don't know man, so I'll just go with the flow.
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Frogz
| although its a normal windows file
if its loading as a program in startup, it could easily be a virus
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| used to tell Windows how to display a folder.
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Luke Franklin
| Keep it, It's a Windows file.
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Flyer
| If are using a Keyspan USB server on a network, you need this file. When I disabled this on one of my systems, it would not communicate witht he USB server (it has my printers attached to it).
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weedoggie
| you guys are funny! HA HA HA (me laughing at you all) if you don't know what something then goto the source. don't bother asking someone who thinks they know and then follow their advise. More information
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AJG
| Desktop.ini is used to tell Windows how to display folders that have been customised i.e when you change your folder "view" settings
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AJG
| Operating System Startup Information
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Timber
| If notepad opens with an error message every time you boot, this is the cause. (Credit to a previous poster for the more information link) More information
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Marcie
| i think i must have done something so now desktop.ini icon is exposed on my desktop. I have checked properties to make sure the HIDDEN box is checked. what can I do to make it hidden. also have destop.zip showing up on my desktop. i know i need to keep the files. can anyone help?
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arvin
| i accidentally deleted my desktop .ini now i cant download anything and cant use any of my browsers to download anything
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Julia
| its just something thats always there, except, you can hide it
Control Panel>Folder Options - put a checkmark in "Hide protected operatingsystem icons" (paraphrasing, exact language may be slightly different).
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rocker09
| its somet thats always there except you can hide it by simply going on control panel>folder option, put a checkmark in 'do not show hidden files or folders'
it simply to stop botherin yu
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