Windows Vista "Desktop" icon on desktop

[Nick D.]

In the last couple of days I've noticed 2 dim icons labeled "desktop" on my
desktop. When I look at properties/details it gives the names as
desktop.ini.
the Location: of 1 is users\public\desktop; the other is
users\name\desktop. Opening the file with Notepad, I get:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

and: [.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799.

I don't know what they do or how they got on the desktop and I'd like to
know if I can just delete them.

 

[PaulB]

RE: "Desktop" icon on desktop

You must have "Hide Protected operating system file" unchecked.
Go to folder options/view and check this box.
--
Paul


"Nick D." wrote:

> In the last couple of days I've noticed 2 dim icons labeled "desktop" on my
> desktop. When I look at properties/details it gives the names as
> desktop.ini.
> the Location: of 1 is users\public\desktop; the other is
> users\name\desktop. Opening the file with Notepad, I get:
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
> IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
>
> and: [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799.
>
> I don't know what they do or how they got on the desktop and I'd like to
> know if I can just delete them.
>
>

 

[Anton Hinds]

Re: "Desktop" icon on desktop

Is there any way to turn this off conditionally?

I like to see protected operating system files in explorer, but don't
want to see them on my desktop.

XP seemed to follow this behavior.

-Anton


PaulB wrote:
> You must have "Hide Protected operating system file" unchecked.
> Go to folder options/view and check this box.

 

[PaulB]

Re: "Desktop" icon on desktop

As far as I know, you cannot turn it off selectively.
--
Paul


"Anton Hinds" wrote:

> Is there any way to turn this off conditionally?
>
> I like to see protected operating system files in explorer, but don't
> want to see them on my desktop.
>
> XP seemed to follow this behavior.
>
> -Anton
>
>
> PaulB wrote:
> > You must have "Hide Protected operating system file" unchecked.
> > Go to folder options/view and check this box.
>

 

[David]

Re: "Desktop" icon on desktop

I don't think you can. This ticks me off a bit too.

"Anton Hinds" <no.email@please> wrote in message
news:epAMEXyUIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Is there any way to turn this off conditionally?
>
> I like to see protected operating system files in explorer, but don't want
> to see them on my desktop.
>
> XP seemed to follow this behavior.
>
> -Anton
>
>
> PaulB wrote:
>> You must have "Hide Protected operating system file" unchecked.
>> Go to folder options/view and check this box.

 

[Nick D.]

Re: "Desktop" icon on desktop



"PaulB" <PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2FCF96E7-044F-464A-A4F5-14B435B86F6E@microsoft.com...
> You must have "Hide Protected operating system file" unchecked.
> Go to folder options/view and check this box.
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Nick D." wrote:
>
>> In the last couple of days I've noticed 2 dim icons labeled "desktop" on
>> my
>> desktop. When I look at properties/details it gives the names as
>> desktop.ini.
>> the Location: of 1 is users\public\desktop; the other is
>> users\name\desktop. Opening the file with Notepad, I get:
>> [.ShellClassInfo]
>> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
>> IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
>>
>> and: [.ShellClassInfo]
>> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799.
>>
>> I don't know what they do or how they got on the desktop and I'd like to
>> know if I can just delete them.
>>
>>

You're right. I'd unchecked it to look at some folders and files and didn't
realize that there would be hidden files on the desktop.