Re: 'Desktop' message when I log on as new user

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Common problem.

Desktop.ini file opens in Notepad on Desktop

Notepad Starts With "[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll,-21787" When You
Start Your Computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330132

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:kppag.726$Mm3.679@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Jonathan Finney <plegron@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I just bought a new Acer laptop with Win XP Home pre-installed.

I'm used to XP Pro and noticed that there's no Administrator account and
that the ones created during set-up are 'administrator' accounts.

For security reasons, I want to create an Administrator account and limit
the user account, so I created a new user account with administrator
privileges as the first step.

When I log on as the new user I get a Notepad window open on the desktop
(called desktop.txt) with the following text:

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

(..except that it's not underlined, but I don't know how to stop Outlook
Newsreader doing this)

I have no idea what causes this, but it's obviously not right. Am I
missing some fundamental difference between XP Home and XP Pro?

Is there a different procedure for creating new users in XP Home?

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Jonathan Finney
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