Potential Issue with "desktop.ini"

Hey everybody, just found out something interesting... In the past I have written code that would look at a directory and use the first *.ini file it found there. However, I have discovered that Windows 7 can and does create a hidden desktop.ini file in nearly any directory it feels like. This has the potential to cause a whole lot of problems, most notably a File Error 8 if you try to modify the thing.
In any case, heads-up ya'll (or to my friends in the Pittsburgh area "younz")...
Mike...
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So, here's what I've learned so far.
Fresh reboot.  Works fine.  Close and try again, doesn't work.  This you already know.
Here's what I tried to see if it makes a difference:
I removed:
~/Library/Caches
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.*, com.apple.systempreferences.* and com.apple.desktop.*
That didn't help.
I tried it in safe mode.  Same issue.
Here's something interesting I noticed.  If you open terminal and killall Finder, that refreshes it and makes it work again... for 1 try.
This does, in fact, seem like a bug.
For reference, I'm currently on a mid 2012 macbook pro.  Running fully updated on mt lion.

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