Desktop.ini files all over the place

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starflame

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I have connected several vista business machines onto a samba domain. When logging in for the first time vista creates a load of desktop.ini files all over the place on each machine and for each user. There is one in every single directory below c:\Users\, even the Startup folder. To remove them I must login as the user and manually set them to "hidden". This is not practical for lots of users on lots of machines.

Why does it do this?
Do I need one in every single directory?
How do I fix this problem quickly?
 

My Computer

System One

Use a startup script

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim p
p =
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced"
WshShell.RegWrite p & "Hidden", 00000002, "REG_DWORD"
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NG2096
    CPU
    Intel P8700
    Memory
    4 Gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung PN50A550
    Screen Resolution
    Primary 1680 X 1050, Secondary 1920 X 1080
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
    Internet Speed
    Satalite :-(
    Other Info
    Running SUSE, Solaris, Kalyware, and BSD through vmware whenever the mood strikes
Are you trying to hide the .ini files? If so, you can simply check the "Hide Protected Operating System Files" options in the Folder Options Dialog for each user/machine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core @ 2.2 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ECS Standard Micro-Atx Board
    Memory
    2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi Radeon 4670 OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Onboard RealTek HD Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17' TFT LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA II 7200 RPM
    PSU
    Antec 500w PSU
    Case
    Standard Micro-Atx
    Cooling
    5 (80MM), 1 (120MM)
    Keyboard
    Standard Gateway Jeyboard
    Mouse
    Dynex Mouse
    Internet Speed
    7 Mbit/1 Mbit DSL
How about you uncheck the box, restart, then check the box, restart. I've had similar issues and that cycle's fixed them.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core @ 2.2 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ECS Standard Micro-Atx Board
    Memory
    2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi Radeon 4670 OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Onboard RealTek HD Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17' TFT LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA II 7200 RPM
    PSU
    Antec 500w PSU
    Case
    Standard Micro-Atx
    Cooling
    5 (80MM), 1 (120MM)
    Keyboard
    Standard Gateway Jeyboard
    Mouse
    Dynex Mouse
    Internet Speed
    7 Mbit/1 Mbit DSL
Don't know exactly why, but that's your place to start because that's the only place where you can change the settings to see the .ini files, please let me know how it goes! Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core @ 2.2 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ECS Standard Micro-Atx Board
    Memory
    2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi Radeon 4670 OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Onboard RealTek HD Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17' TFT LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA II 7200 RPM
    PSU
    Antec 500w PSU
    Case
    Standard Micro-Atx
    Cooling
    5 (80MM), 1 (120MM)
    Keyboard
    Standard Gateway Jeyboard
    Mouse
    Dynex Mouse
    Internet Speed
    7 Mbit/1 Mbit DSL
Hmm, okay how about you delete them all? You don't need them as they are safe to delete. But delete them as follows.

1.Disable the "hide operating system files" option that you were checking earlier.
2.Delete every single one that you find.
3.Enable that "hide operating system files" option again
4.Reboot.

Let me know if that works, if it doesn't I'm starting to suspect some sort of MalWare.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core @ 2.2 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ECS Standard Micro-Atx Board
    Memory
    2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi Radeon 4670 OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Onboard RealTek HD Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17' TFT LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA II 7200 RPM
    PSU
    Antec 500w PSU
    Case
    Standard Micro-Atx
    Cooling
    5 (80MM), 1 (120MM)
    Keyboard
    Standard Gateway Jeyboard
    Mouse
    Dynex Mouse
    Internet Speed
    7 Mbit/1 Mbit DSL
starflame said:
That didn't work.

Even worse, I now have two desktop.ini files in these directories. I didn't even think that was possible ?!?!?
Click to expand...

Are some of them named desktop(2).ini ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired
dbsantos77 said:
Hmm, okay how about you delete them all? You don't need them as they are safe to delete. But delete them as follows.

1.Disable the "hide operating system files" option that you were checking earlier.
2.Delete every single one that you find.
3.Enable that "hide operating system files" option again
4.Reboot.

Let me know if that works, if it doesn't I'm starting to suspect some sort of MalWare.
Click to expand...

Tried, doesn't work.
Unless malware comes on Microsoft's Vista DVD, then its not malware.

If you delete them, an error occurs about not correctly loading the user profile.
 

My Computer

System One

Did you not try the global startup script I mentioned?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NG2096
    CPU
    Intel P8700
    Memory
    4 Gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung PN50A550
    Screen Resolution
    Primary 1680 X 1050, Secondary 1920 X 1080
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
    Internet Speed
    Satalite :-(
    Other Info
    Running SUSE, Solaris, Kalyware, and BSD through vmware whenever the mood strikes
I'm all out, what I suggested should have worked.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core @ 2.2 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ECS Standard Micro-Atx Board
    Memory
    2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi Radeon 4670 OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Onboard RealTek HD Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17' TFT LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA II 7200 RPM
    PSU
    Antec 500w PSU
    Case
    Standard Micro-Atx
    Cooling
    5 (80MM), 1 (120MM)
    Keyboard
    Standard Gateway Jeyboard
    Mouse
    Dynex Mouse
    Internet Speed
    7 Mbit/1 Mbit DSL
My apologies I came back to this thread this morning and got sidetracked and never responded. You can set the startup scripts in gpedit, I use it in my domain to set scforceoption=1 so users are forced to logon with smart cards.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NG2096
    CPU
    Intel P8700
    Memory
    4 Gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung PN50A550
    Screen Resolution
    Primary 1680 X 1050, Secondary 1920 X 1080
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
    Internet Speed
    Satalite :-(
    Other Info
    Running SUSE, Solaris, Kalyware, and BSD through vmware whenever the mood strikes
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