Fellows,

Thanks very much for your responses - they were extremely helpful and had
allowed me to resolve the problem. The problem did re-arise after a day or
so, after I had booted into Windows XP a few times, so I suspect there is
something amiss with my dual boot arrangement that is causing this problem.
Also, Vista will no longer allow me to change the "read only" attribute on
the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder,
which prevents me from reapplying the solution you had outlined.

It is a little frustrating, but progress is being made at least in that I am
starting to feel more comfortable working in Vista and am finding my way
around!

Your help has been greatly appreciated!

otho69

"Dean-Dean" wrote:
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> 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][/color]