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Name: William Lockie (by blockie)
Date: April 5, 2009 at 16:59:21 Pacific
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
CPU/Ram: 3 GHz / 1919 MB
Product: Clone / CLONE
Subcategory: Configurations

Comment:

Every time I create a folder, a file named DESKTOP is crated in that folder It is only 1kb and contains "configuration settings". How can I keep this from happening? Is it required? William Lockie

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: April 5, 2009 at 17:11:04 Pacific

Reply:

Do you mean desktop.ini? EEOC

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Name: Chuck 2
Date: April 5, 2009 at 18:05:36 Pacific

Reply:

A WEB search got me this ---- http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/za... How to get rid of Desktop.ini

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Name: Derek
Date: April 5, 2009 at 18:18:25 Pacific

Reply:

Number 4 in the above link from Chuck 2 is all you need to get shot of it. It is OK to "show hidden files and folders". some other bloke...

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