what I can say is if you see the "desktop.ini" icon on your desktop then you
must have your system set to show hidden files and in that case you will
always see the "desktop.ini" icon on your desktop and if you delete it, then
it will alwys return. if you disable "show hidden files and folders" you
won't see "desktop.ini" on your desktop anymore.

On the other hand if you just keep getting notepad opening everytime you
start windows then it may be worth looking at your antivirus program it may
be set to save a log file to the desktop.
Or it could be any other startup program that may have logging enabled and
set to save to the desktop.

"T5" <noanswer********.com> wrote in message
news:E093B9C7-3428-4D68-946C-82D9D737A199@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I keep getting the notepad openening whenever I boot to vista, I have
>followed the MS KB for removal instructions but it isn't working. I have
>tried both recommended ways to stop notepad opening , win
>explorer>>>views>> uncheck Hide file extentions etc etc and delete
>desktop.ini file and the other method of looking for it in startup under
>msconfig. but when I reeboot it comes right back.[/color]