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DeskTop bloc de notas - Por favor answer in english please if your primary language is spanish?
My platform is Windows XP Pro. (Spain).
I was unable to obtain a french platform and settled for a spanish platform as I know a little spanish. (Would prefer that the person who can help me reply in english).
The past four months since I installed the new platform I have always received my critical updates. Microsoft validates my platform an I no problems.
This past friday Microsoft installed a complete WGA program and took an inventory of my entire system. (My platform passed the WGA).
Now everytime I reboot my pc I get this window in spainsh as shown below. I have removed from start, "desktop" and from file search. No matter what I do this pop-up continues to appear on reboot. Causes no problems with pc. Just annoying.
How can I stop this pop-up?. And what may be the cause?. (Seems to be only information as shown below.
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
Thanks to all in advance
Minddoctor, France
1 Answer
- Douglas DLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Microsoft Knowledgebase-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330132
SYMPTOMS
When you start the computer, Notepad starts and one or more text documents that contain the following lines appears on the Windows desktop:[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
Method 1: Delete the Desktop.ini File
1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
3. In the Advanced settings box, click to clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box and the Hide protected operating system files check box (if they are not already cleared), and then click OK.
4. Delete any occurrences of the Desktop.ini file that contains the lines described earlier in the "Symptoms" section of this article. To do so: a. Locate each of the following folders, right-click the Desktop.ini file (if the file exists in that folder), and then click Open: • drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
• drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
• drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
where drive is the drive on which Windows is installed.
b. Verify that the file contains the following lines:[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
If the file contains these lines, right-click the file, click Delete, and then click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the deletion.
5. Restart your computer and verify that the issue is resolved.
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Method 2: Use the System Configuration Utility (Msconfig.exe) to Disable the Startup Item
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type msconfig, and then click OK.
3. Click the Startup tab.
4. Click to clear the check box beside any desktop entries in the Startup Item column that are listed as Common Startup in the Location column, and are also located in any of the following locations (as indicated in the Command column): • drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
• drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
• drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
5. Click OK to quit the System Configuration Utility.
6. Restart your computer and verify that the issue is resolved.