desktop.ini
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Anybody ever see desktop.ini in the startup folder?
Never came across this before, just showed up on a site.
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@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
Anybody ever see desktop.ini in the startup folder?
Never came across this before, just showed up on a site.
It can get created in any folder the user views with Windows Explorer.
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@jaredbusch said in desktop.ini:
@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
Anybody ever see desktop.ini in the startup folder?
Never came across this before, just showed up on a site.
It can get created in any folder the user views with Windows Explorer.
I saw it is a hidden file that can just show up.. No other reason behind it?
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@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
@jaredbusch said in desktop.ini:
@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
Anybody ever see desktop.ini in the startup folder?
Never came across this before, just showed up on a site.
It can get created in any folder the user views with Windows Explorer.
I saw it is a hidden file that can just show up.. No other reason behind it?
It's a custom appearance configuration file. It defines how the folder is displayed in the Explorer.
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@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
@jaredbusch said in desktop.ini:
@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
Anybody ever see desktop.ini in the startup folder?
Never came across this before, just showed up on a site.
It can get created in any folder the user views with Windows Explorer.
I saw it is a hidden file that can just show up.. No other reason behind it?
Because Windows.
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@jaredbusch said in desktop.ini:
@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
@jaredbusch said in desktop.ini:
@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
Anybody ever see desktop.ini in the startup folder?
Never came across this before, just showed up on a site.
It can get created in any folder the user views with Windows Explorer.
I saw it is a hidden file that can just show up.. No other reason behind it?
Because Windows.
Fair enough.
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Every folder in a user profile has an .ini file as far as I have known Windows.
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@dbeato said in desktop.ini:
Every folder in a user profile has an .ini file as far as I have known Windows.
I just never saw desktop.ini before so I was curious.
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@wrcombs said in desktop.ini:
@dbeato said in desktop.ini:
Every folder in a user profile has an .ini file as far as I have known Windows.
I just never saw desktop.ini before so I was curious.
I understand, sometimes it can become corrupt and a reboot usually fixes them.
