Windows 10: desktop.ini folder

desktop.ini folder appears in windows 10 homescreen. what is that ? how to remove that?

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Identical Desktop.ini files deleted

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

The desktop.ini file is a hidden file used to store information about the arrangement of a Windows folder. Essentially, if the layout or settings for a folder are changed, a desktop.ini file is automatically
generated to save those changes.

The Windows operating system automatically generates a desktop.ini file upon changes to a folder.

Windows will regenerate the Desktop.ini files for you if you redirect the folder to another location and then back to the original one.This automatic generation cannot be turned off, as it is a part of the operating system programming. Although you may delete
any desktop.ini file, if a change is made to the folder's layout, it will be regenerated again automatically.

Thanks.

 

Windows Explorer 10: Detail View: Custom Column: How to Modify Field

@Keith:

From ProcMon:

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explorer.exe 6740 CreateFile C:\Users\Ramesh\Desktop\New folder\multipage_tiff_example.tif\desktop.ini
PATH NOT FOUND

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Looking for desktop.ini under that "tif" file/folder?

 

Hi,

It's a file rather than a folder.
Either it's attributes have been changed or Explorer is set to show hidden system files.

To change it back to default open Explorer, from the menu bar pick View, Options, View and drill down and check "Hide protected system files"

Cheers, *Wink

 

I've had that in the past. I had to set its attribute to hidden in properties and make sure that show hidden files was disabled.

 

I prefer to show hidden files but the desktop.inis are intrusive. My fix is to hide them under desktop gadgets. Check out 8Gadgetpack 8GadgetPack - Gadgets for Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8. (I use a calendar, weather and Clipboarder.)

 

That file shows up on the Desktop every time the computer installs updates. I always delete it because it seems to be useless to sit there on the Desktop. Nothing changes over here when I do that.

 

Hi,

That's not normal behaviour. It should not be visible on the desktop unless it's expressly set to show hidden system files.

Cheers, *Wink

 

In this context, it seems appropriate to observe that if you click "View hidden files and folders" on the View tab in the File Explorer Options control panel widget, it will cause ALL HIDDEN files to appear, including those on the desktop. Then, opening the desktop in File Explorer, clicking the View tab, and unchecking the "Hidden Items" box will cause those pesky desktop.ini files on the desktop to become invisible once again. I have to remember how to do this each time a new Insider Upgrade comes out (it picks up my default setting from File Explorer Options, but doesn't carry over my Desktop tweak thereupon), so I've gotten pretty good at this!
*Devil
--Ed--

 

Hi,
@EdTittel:

While desktop.ini is a hidden file it also is a system file. Therefore it should not become visible on the desktop by just checking the "Hidden" option in explorer's menu bar.
Other than desktop.ini, no other file should become visible that way either. I actually have two desktop.ini files in that folder.

IOW, I don't quite follow what is going on over at yours. *Redface

Cheers, *Wink

Frank

 

These are my settings. I get to see everything stored on the computer. I recommend these two settings.

 

Yes, and if you do that, you need to make the change I showed in my previous screenshot to keep desktop.ini (or two copies as is apparently the case for both me and fdegrove, my virtual beer drinking buddy) from showing up on the desktop. That's exactly what I was talking about. Hope it now all makes sense.
Thanks, and happy holidays.
--Ed--

 

Hi,

Not sure if I'd recommend that to anyone. I only use that temporarily for housekeeping reasons.
So much crap accumulating in W10.... Sigh.
@EdTittel : Sipping a Vicaris Tripel as we speak. Not bad at all. *Wink

Cheers folks, *Wink

 

You lucky dog, Frank. Cheers to you for good advice, freely given, and for the best of all possible holiday seasons. Take good care!
--Ed--

 

Hi,

Thanks, Ed. Enjoy the x-mass holidays as well. You know I do. *Wink
I'll be having some Saint-Feuillien (la blonde, bien entendu) later on tonight especially for you.

O, whilst I'm at it, to the user deleting these desktop.ini files. There's no point in doing so as Windows will rebuild them.

Cheers and happy holidays all,

Frank