Does a notepad open automatically after booting in your Windows 7? Fix it
For those who have downloaded or purchased windows 7 with processor 7075 and installed it, they might have noticed that a notepad pops up automatically whenever the system starts or after every reboots. The notepad is saved with name desktop.ini and it contains information which is mentioned below:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
To fix this problem follow the steps mentioned below:
- Start Windows Explorer, then navigate to Organize, and then click on option named Folder and Search.
- Navigate to the tab called View
- There will be option called hidden folders and files, under that option there will be sub options, choose Show folders, files and drives.
- Open the operating system file to check the hidden file called desktop.ini.
- After you are done click on Ok.
- Go to C drive, then Program Data, then Microsoft, then Windows, then Start Menu, then Programs, and finally Startup folder. You can also open start and Run and type shell:common startup and hit enter.
- Delete desktop.ini file
- Go to C drive, then Users, then USERNAME, then AppData, then Roaming, then Microsoft, then Windows, then Start Menu, then Programs, and finally Startup folder or you can open start and type shell:common startup and hit enter.
- Delete desktop.ini file
- Your work is done