In Windows Explorer, reset the setting "Hide protected operating system
files" and "Hide hidden files and folders". You weren't meant to see those.
Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org
"Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
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> "Gil Baron" <gbaron@charter.net> wrote in message
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> What are these icons that show up named desktop.ini?
> I just delete them and it does not seem to cause trouble but wonder what
> it is and if I have messed up?
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> Gil W0MN Yanoff +, the PDA reader
> Creed en las obras y no en las palabras
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> Desktop.ini files contain information about any customization or special
> functions of a given folder. You won't always or even usually know where
> such changes have been made because they are often made based on an
> application installation and usage even if a folder doesn't specifically
> belong to that application. Sometimes they are recreated but it's best
> not to delete them.
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> Michael Solomon
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