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Strange Notepad window on startup

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Asker24 - 29 Mar 2007 17:20 GMT
Using Vista Home Premium, I get a Notepad window opening on startup with the
following message:

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

Can anyone tell me what this means and how to get rid of it?
Ramesh, MS-MVP - 29 Mar 2007 17:37 GMT
From http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/169/1/

This happens if the "Hidden" attribute for the desktop.ini is removed. Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. Type the following command and press ENTER:

attrib +s +h "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\desktop.ini"

And then run:

attrib +s +h "%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\desktop.ini"

(Watch for line wrap)

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP  [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Using Vista Home Premium, I get a Notepad window opening on startup with the
following message:

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

Can anyone tell me what this means and how to get rid of it?
Asker24 - 29 Mar 2007 17:48 GMT
Thank you so much, Ramesh.  I followed your instructions and now I have a
clean startup.  You are a wizard!

> From http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/169/1/
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> Can anyone tell me what this means and how to get rid of it?
Ramesh, MS-MVP - 30 Mar 2007 04:30 GMT
Thanks for the update, Asker24.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP  [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Thank you so much, Ramesh.  I followed your instructions and now I have a
clean startup.  You are a wizard!

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> From http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/169/1/
>
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> (Watch for line wrap)
Asker24 - 29 Mar 2007 17:42 GMT
This was a duplicate message posted in error and for which I apologize.

> Using Vista Home Premium, I get a Notepad window opening on startup with the
> following message:
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Can anyone tell me what this means and how to get rid of it?
 
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