Is this still the case with Blender 2.41, and Windows XP ?
I’ve looked and can’t find a ‘b.blend’ file. I ran a neat utility called ‘filemon’ (sysinternals.com), when I started up blender, it didn’t report any ‘.blend’ files being opened.
I tried saving a ‘b.blend’ file in a variety of locations (c:;c:\blender;c:\blender.blender), so I could have a custom ‘untitled.blend’ file open when blender starts or when choosing ‘new’ from the file menu. Is there a magic file name /location to do this ?