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Received no replies in Win help and support so:
I suddenly have a icon on my desktop called desktop. If I try to delete it I
get a warning that it could affect other programs "not the standard warning
that says it only deletes the shortcut not the program".
It opens a file named (configuration settings) using notebook.
Can I safely delete it?

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I do not seem to be able to locate it in this case.
What I get when I click on the icon labeled icon is a notebook display
containing:

"[LocalizedFileNames]
Windows Media
Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4"

and if I try to delete it I get a warning that its a system file.
Ramesh, I would also like to tell you at this time that I have read many of
your previous replies to others and they are very well explained. Thank you
for your effort.
Mel
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> If it's a desktop.ini file, then it can be deleted. To see the file
> extension, uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" in Folder
> Options View tab.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "shakey" <shakey@nearsonic.net> wrote in message
> news:ereMd.5103$m31.66086@typhoon.sonic.net...
>> Received no replies in Win help and support so:
>> I suddenly have a icon on my desktop called desktop. If I try to delete
>> it I get a warning that it could affect other programs "not the standard
>> warning that says it only deletes the shortcut not the program".
>> It opens a file named (configuration settings) using notebook.
>> Can I safely delete it?
>>
>>
>

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Thanks again. I have deleted it two times and maybe its will not come back
for a third try. My keyboard is English but I have alternate Japanese IMI.
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eJQYb8mCFHA.444@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi shakey,
>
> If you're using the English version of Windows XP, you can safely delete
> this particular desktop.ini file. This file is used by the Windows XP to
> provide non-English user interface support.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "shakey" <shakey@nearsonic.net> wrote in message
> news:gtvMd.5162$m31.66959@typhoon.sonic.net...
>>I do not seem to be able to locate it in this case.
>> What I get when I click on the icon labeled icon is a notebook display
>> containing:
>>
>> "[LocalizedFileNames]
>> Windows Media
>> Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4"
>>
>> and if I try to delete it I get a warning that its a system file.
>> Ramesh, I would also like to tell you at this time that I have read many
>> of your previous replies to others and they are very well explained.
>> Thank you for your effort.
>> Mel
>