Random desktop.ini file?

[xDylanio]

Hello there, just right now my was on the lockscreen. Which I found wierd because If I remember correctly, I left my pc on,(On as in, on a website, and my pc stays on the website unless I myself shut it down.) so I logged in and I found a random desktop.ini file which I don't remember creating, or even knowing what it is. So I came here to ask what it does. 

 

 

edit- I opened it up in notepad to see what it does, but I don't know what it does.

[johndms]

Make sure "Hide protected operating system files" is checked.  Desktop.ini has been in Windows for as long as I can remember.

[xDylanio]

8 minutes ago, johndms said:

Make sure "Hide protected operating system files" is checked.  Desktop.ini has been in Windows for as long as I can remember.

Wait how do I go about to get to that folder options menu

[johndms]

1 minute ago, xDylanio said:

Wait how do I go about to get to that folder options menu

View -> Options -> Change folder and search options.

[johndms]

16 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Hello there, just right now my was on the lockscreen. Which I found wierd because If I remember correctly, I left my pc on

The option to view hidden system files is not something that should suddenly become enabled(disabled) without user intervention.  Sounds to me like someone was snooping on your PC.  At least that's the conclusion I come to, assuming that option was indeed unchecked.

[ARikozuM]

Perfectly normal to have a desktop.ini file. Here's what mine says:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

 

[johndms]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

Perfectly normal to have a desktop.ini file. Here's what mine says:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

 

Perfectly normal to have it, but abnormal for it to suddenly appear without someone manually unchecking the option to 'hide protected operating system files'.

[ARikozuM]

7 minutes ago, johndms said:

Perfectly normal to have it, but abnormal for it to suddenly appear without someone manually unchecking the option to 'hide protected operating system files'.

User could have changed it without knowing or an anti-virus could have unprotected them for security from the user. 

[xDylanio]

11 hours ago, johndms said:

Perfectly normal to have it, but abnormal for it to suddenly appear without someone manually unchecking the option to 'hide protected operating system files'.

Yeah that's what I was thinking

11 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

User could have changed it without knowing or an anti-virus could have unprotected them for security from the user. 

I'm leaning more to an anti virus doing it. I didn't even know how to get to that place.

[ARikozuM]

1 hour ago, xDylanio said:

Yeah that's what I was thinking

I'm leaning more to an anti virus doing it. I didn't even know how to get to that place.

Kaspersky, as part of its security, recommends showing extensions and hidden files for the user to be aware of certain changes. I don't know if it'll show OS files, though.