diff --git a/scripts/shell/rename-all-files-to-md5sum.sh b/scripts/shell/rename-all-files-to-md5sum.sh
index d2f06ee..90524d7 100755
--- a/scripts/shell/rename-all-files-to-md5sum.sh
+++ b/scripts/shell/rename-all-files-to-md5sum.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-mapfile -t files < <(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f)
+if [ "$(pwd)" == "$HOME" ]; then
+  echo "Current directory should not be HOME"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mapfile -t files < <(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -not -name 'desktop.ini')
 
 for filename in "${files[@]}"; do
   filename_m5sum=$(md5sum "$filename" | awk '{print $1}')