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New Folder Reappearing on Vista Desktop

A New Folder keeps appearing on my Vista Ultimate Desktop. The folder keeps appearing when I select any file in the Windows Explorer by either: 1. Right clicking on the file, 2. Copying the file, 3. Deleting a file

I have checked all programs, including Windows Media Player and non seem to point to this new folder on my desktop. I have also run many virus scans with Windows Defender, Norton 360, Spybot, Ad-Aware, and still the problem is there. I have also checked all profiles and the folder is not on the
desktops for any other profile.

Please advise, this folder appearing is very annoying, and I cannot think why it has happened and want to be able to stop it.

Thanks, Sat.
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Brian Pierce

I have had a similar problem with the StartUp folder appearing on the desktop for no apparent reason and then disappearing again when the user logs off/on.

I never did find the cause - but sounds similar

OctaviaIS

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Thanks, the problem was resolved by downloading and running Process Monitor. From here, I was able to see that the New Folder was created from my Bluetooth process, which makes sense as to why is was always created when I select a file. I have changed the settings in my Bluetooth program to point to an appropriate folder rather than /desktop/New Folder.

Thanks for the help to identify the problem.