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Why is desktop.ini "Ready to Be Written to the Disc" of any CD or DVD inserted under Windows 7?

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I have a netbook with an external CD/DVD burner running Windows 7 Starter. Whenever I put any CD or DVD (doesn't have to be blank) in the drive and navigate to its path in Windows Explorer, it tells me under "Files Currently on the Disc": Files Ready to Be Written to the Disc (1) desktop.ini 23/03/…

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Fix for: Why is desktop.ini "Ready to Be Written to the Disc" of any CD or DVD inserted under Windows 7?

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Here is what happened: In the process of a burning a CD/DVD or preparing to burn a CD/DVD, you entered the special "Burn DVD" folder Windows uses as a staging area and changed the sort order, arrangement, or other layout/view option to be different …

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