{"id":1543,"date":"2007-03-20T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T06:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:45:52","slug":"desktop-ini-automatically-opens-at-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/desktop-ini-automatically-opens-at-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"Desktop.ini file automatically opens when you start Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you start your computer, the desktop.ini file may automatically open in Notepad. It may have the following contents:<\/p>\n

[.ShellClassInfo]\r\nLocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-21787<\/pre>\n
\"desktop.ini<\/p>\n
Desktop.ini is a configuration file which can be used to customize folder icons<\/a>, caption<\/a>, etc., on a per-folder basis.<\/p>\n
The desktop.ini<\/code> file (in your the Startup<\/code> folder)\u00a0 may open at startup if the hidden and system attributes for the file are missing.<\/p>\n
Resolution<\/h2>\n
To prevent desktop.ini from opening at startup, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
Enable the hidden attribute for desktop.ini in your Startup<\/code> and Common Startup<\/code> folders to resolve the issue. To do so, you can use the Command Prompt.<\/p>\n
Open an elevated Command Prompt<\/a> window and run these two commands:<\/p>\n
attrib +s +h \"%appdata%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\desktop.ini\"<\/pre>\n
attrib +s +h \"%programdata%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\desktop.ini\"<\/pre>\n
That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you start your computer, the desktop.ini file may automatically open in Notepad. It may have the following contents: [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-21787 Desktop.ini is a configuration file which can be used to customize folder icons, caption, etc., on a per-folder basis. The desktop.ini file (in your the Startup folder)\u00a0 may open at startup if the hidden … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-command-prompt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1523,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/shell-folders-are-displayed-with-the-standard-folder-icon-in-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":1543,"position":0},"title":"User Shell Folders Appear With Generic Yellow Icon in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"February 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open Explorer, the shell folders such as Documents, Videos, Music, or Pictures may be displayed with a standard folder icon rather than the special folder icons. 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