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This is more of an annoyance than a problem. I am running xp and every time I sign in I get the desktop and also two folders. One is a fastlane folder somehting to do with earthlink it is empty but can not delete it. I find the same folder in explorer and it has all the files in it. The other one is an ini file in notepad I deleted it from startup in explorer but it refreshes when I reboot. Does anyone hae any idea how to get rid of these. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you

 

Thank you PeteC --- This is the first time I have had this problem but might have submitted it before if I did sorry. Checked your links did not find solution. Have talked to earthlink they say windows problem (of course). anyway thank all for input looks like it is an annoyance that is here to stay