One other thing...
If you can see the .ini file at some point, try to open it with Notepad or Wordpad. They are normally not anything but a text file with some non-descript strings of numbers and labels. That might look something like:
[.ShellClassInfo]
UICLSID={7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
I searched my computer and found almost 50 of these "desktop.ini" files in various places, most often in the "Documents and Settings" subdirectory. I just can't figure out why some program keeps putting the file on your desktop. That would be pretty irritating.