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Thank you for your reply but I do not find it in msconfig startup, RE microsoft article suggested . . (I have an old WinXP Documents & Settings folder stored on my drive. I am using Vista Home prem for some time and bought this computer with it installed. Should I rename the folder?
Did you try method 1 in that MS article? This article is normally for XP, but I couldn't find one for Vista. It should be, however, somewhat similar procedure.
I did not see the file because I had closed it on my desktop. Am I suppose to highlight and delete the subject contents? I will try to follow your instructions in # 1. Since I am using Vista and the article was for XP I thought It was from my backuped files. I will get back to you. Thank you.
Could not use MS #1 suggestion. The wrong desktop ini comes up open on my desktop as I log on. I deleted the contents, saved and closed restarted and it was back. I searched and found 10 desktop.inis. Some with capital D and some just desktop. I could not delete the one I thought was the proper one "-21787". Denied permission. This led to a horrible discovery – I have Documents and Settings with a shortcut. (XP) Could not find all users or anything for Vista Home Prem. I am also not able to remove some sharing docs or change my Network Discovery to remove all sharing. I am sending snapshot of D & S error in C: contents. Found suspicious Trusted Installer that I could not remove. I had done so once. How can I get my permission back for the whole C drive.?
I don't have Vista but I played with the Windows 7 beta and release candidate.

Documents and Settings is the XP location where things are stored. Now it's just a link to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming. You'll find everything under there.

Google can help with this if you have more questions about it: vista documents and settings

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