In the following two folders (the paths may be hidden)

C:\Users\(YOUR NAME)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup

and

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

confirm that in each of the above two folders, that there is a desktop.ini
file with the following contents (nothing more, nothing less), as seen in
Notepad:

----------------------------------(below this
line)-------------------------------

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

----------------------------------(above this
line)-------------------------------


Now, in Windows Explorer (which should be "Run as Administrator"), go to:

C:\Users\(YOUR NAME)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs

Select the Startup folder. While holding down the Shift key, right click on
the Startup folder, and choose "Open Command Window Here". In the Command
Window, at the prompt, type (or copy and paste):

attrib +H +S -R desktop.ini

Press Enter on your keyboard.

Now go to:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Select the Startup folder. While holding down the Shift key, right click on
the Startup folder, and choose "Open Command Window Here". In the Command
Window, at the prompt, type (or copy and paste):

attrib +H +S -R desktop.ini

Press Enter on your keyboard.

These are the only two desktop.ini's that could be causing your problem.
(Any other desktop.ini's in other folders should be left alone.)

Hope this helps,
Dean


"otho69" wrote:
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> I have set up a dual boot system with Vista and XP on separate partitions of
> a single hard drive, with a second physical drive for shared folders. After
> sucessfully installing some legacy programs under XP I rebooted into Vista.
> When the computer booted Notepad opened up a text document displaying the
> following:
>
> [.ShellClassInfo]LocalizedResourceName=@%systemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll,-21787".
>
> I have found a KB article that addresses this in XP (KB/330132), instructing
> me to remove the desktop.ini file that was causing this. I did check my XP
> installation and found such files and removed them (oddly i did not
> experience the problem in XP), but this did not solve the problem in Vista.
>
> My question - will this solution work for Vista as well? Is this being
> caused by an incorrect desktop.ini in the Vista partition?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> otho69[/color]