I have a Windows XP computer that I am working on and it has a "wierd"
directory structure. There is a DESKTOP folder in the root directory of the
C: drive. This directory appears to contain a copy of most of the files in
the Windows directory (the Windows directory appears normal).
I ran MS Antispyware and looked at the browser restore section. This is
where I found that the default local page was set to
C:\DESKTOP\System32\blank.html. Other sections looked to be reset by the
about:Blank hijack so I have scanned and cleaned for this but don't want to
kill the C:\DESKTOP directory incase this breaks some system settings.
Has anyone else seen this before? If you have what did you do to correct the
problem?

Thank you.

You can verify the current "Desktop" path for the user by checking
the Registry at:
HK_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version
\Explorer\Shell Folders

Check the Desktop Key in the Right pane.
If the value is not C\Documents & Settings\'UserName', you can
modify and redirect it back to the normal location. After a reboot
you can probably delete the extra "Desktop" folder.

"Rhipf" <Rhipf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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The user's desktop is pointing to the proper C:\Document.... folder. The
problem is that there is a DESKTOP folder in the root directory of the C:
drive. This directory looks to be a complete copy of the windows directory
complete with a sytem32 folder. All of the registery settings that would
usually point to C:\Windows\System32 point to C:\DESKTOP\System32.
It appears that some one reinstalled Windows and since the system already
had a C:\Windows folder they placed the new installation in the DESKTOP
folder.
Since everything else seems to be working ok now I will just leave the files
structure as is for the time being.

"R. McCarty" wrote: