A. The "system" puts it there.
B. Nothing, leave it alone.
Pflueger wrote:
When I deleted some files from My Pictures, a window warned me that I was
about to delete a system file. So I opened My Pictures and the Desktop.ini
file is in there.
Just prior to this I had DLed and installed UpShot (photo editor) was having
problems (still am) getting it to exhibit thumbnails, which is why I tried
deleting some.
How did Desktop.ini get there and what do I do about it?
Re: My Pictures ... >> happens every single time and in any folder in My Pictures.... >> delete it a message tells me that, the file 'Thumbs' is a system file if you ... >> delete it it could damage blah blah blah.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: My Pictures moved but wont move back ... You moved the whole folder over? ... You should have just moved the pictures.... I go to move My Pictures back to My Documents, and Windows says My Pictures ... If "My Pictures" is a system file, will it mess something up if I just ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
misplaced system file? ... When I was deleting some files from My Pictures, a window warned me that I ... about to delete a system file -- so I looked in the My Pictures folder and ... problems getting it to exhibit thumbnails until I pared down some larger ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
My Pictures ... Each time I open a folder in My Pictures a blank thumbnail appears, ... delete it a message tells me that, the file 'Thumbs' is a system file if you ... delete it it could damage blah blah blah.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
misplaced .ini file ... about to delete a system file.... So I opened My Pictures and the Desktop.ini ... problems getting it to exhibit thumbnails,...deleting some. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)